Back... -
Themis Index
[Infrared Camera] -
[Visible Light Camera] -
[Images of THEMIS]
Infrared Imaging by THEMIS
- The Thermal Emissing Imaging System (THEMIS) is a multispectral, thermal
infrared imager that has 10 spectral bands between 6.5 and 14.5
micrometers.
- THEMIS will determine the mineralogy of the martian surface.
- The positions of the 10 infrared bands were selected in part
based on the mineral results from the
Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES).
- The entire planet will be mapped in the infrared at 100 meters
per pixel resolution.
- The infrared-wavelength imaging portion of THEMIS was fabricated
at Hughes Santa Barbara Remote Sensing of Goleta, California.