The MESSENGER Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
@article{Goldsten2007TheMG, title={The MESSENGER Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer}, author={John O. Goldsten and Edgar A. Rhodes and William V. Boynton and William Charles Feldman and David J. Lawrence and Jacob I. Trombka and David M. Smith and Larry G. Evans and J. White and Norman W. Madden and Peter Berg and Graham A. Murphy and Reid S. Gurnee and Kim Strohbehn and Bruce D. Williams and Edward D. Schaefer and Christopher A. Monaco and Christopher P. Cork and J. Del Eckels and W. Miller and Morgan T. Burks and Lisle B. Hagler and Steven J. Deteresa and Monika C. Witte}, journal={Space Science Reviews}, year={2007}, volume={131}, pages={339-391} }
Abstract
A Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) instrument has been developed as part of the science payload for NASA’s Discovery Program mission to the planet Mercury. Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) launched successfully in 2004 and will journey more than six years before entering Mercury orbit to begin a one-year investigation. The GRNS instrument forms part of the geochemistry investigation and will yield maps of the elemental composition of…
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