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Brunel University London

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Article title

The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer: First results

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.pss.2011.08.014

Title of journal

Planetary and Space Science

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

217

ISSN of journal

00320633

Year of publication

2012

URL

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=271836&_user=545641&_pii=S0032063311002741&_check=y&_origin=article&_zone=toolbar&_coverDate=31-Jan-2012&view=c&originContentFamily=serial&wchp=dGLbVBA-zSkzV&md5=857abe79867a9f262a484483c668d883&p

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Additional information

The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) operated in orbit around the Moon from November 2008 to August 2009. The first X-ray spectra collected and analysed are presented in this paper. Extensive ground calibration of the swept-charge device (SCD) detectors used in C1XS, in test facilities both at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and at Brunel, has allowed valuable scientific observations of the lunar surface composition to be interpreted from the collected lunar data. This paper confirms that the C1XS instrument design was successful and demonstrates its potential for application in future lunar and planetary body scientific spacecraft.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract