• DOI:10.1007/S11214-004-1453-X
• Corpus ID: 59332298

The Cassini Visual And Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (Vims) Investigation

@article{Brown2004TheCV,
  title={The Cassini Visual And Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (Vims) Investigation},
  author={R. Hamilton Brown and Kevin H. Baines and Giancarlo Bellucci and J. P. Bibring and Bonnie J. Buratti and Fabrizio Capaccioni and Priscilla Cerroni and Roger N. Clark and Angioletta Coradini and Dale P. Cruikshank and Pierre Drossart and Vittorio Formisano and Ralf Jaumann and Yves Langevin and Dennis Matson and Thomas B. McCord and Vito Mennella and E. A. Miller and Ron M. Nelson and Philip D. Nicholson and Bruno Sicardy and Christophe Sotin},
  journal={Space Science Reviews},
  year={2004},
  volume={115},
  pages={111-168}
}

• R. H. Brown, K. Baines, +19 authors C. Sotin
• Published 1 November 2004
• Physics
• Space Science Reviews

The Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) investigation is a multidisciplinary study of the Saturnian system. Visual and near-infrared imaging spectroscopy and high-speed spectrophotometry are the observational techniques. The scope of the investigation includes the rings, the surfaces of the icy satellites and Titan, and the atmospheres of Saturn and Titan. In this paper, we will elucidate the major scientific and measurement goals of the investigation, the major characteristics of the Cassini VIMS instrument, the instrument calibration, and operation, and the results of the recent Cassini flybys of Venus and the Earth–Moon system.