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Volume 60 Supplement 4

Special Issue: Lunar Science with the SELENE “Kaguya” Mission-Prelaunch Studies-

Instrumentation and performance evaluation of the XRS on SELENE orbiter

Earth, Planets and Space volume 60, pages 277–281 (2008)Cite this article

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The x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRS) on board Japanese lunar polar orbiter SELENE (Kaguya) will provide global distribution of major elemental composition on the lunar surface in energy range of characteristic K-α x-ray line emission for Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, and Fe. These measurements will contribute to research of lunar origin and its evolution. The XRS shows a good energy resolution within 200 eV at 5.9 keV relying on charge coupled device (CCD) as photon energy dispersive detector. Total collective area of 100 cm2 for main detector facing the lunar surface is composed of 16 CCD chips. Instrumentation of the XRS and its performance evaluated in laboratory are presented.

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  1. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan

    K. Shirai, T. Okada, Y. Yamamoto, T. Arai, K. Ogawa, H. Shiraishi, M. Iwasaki & M. Kato

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan

    M. Iwasaki & M. Kato

  3. Graduate School of Enviromental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan

    M. Arakawa

  4. Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BZ, Wales, UK

    M. Grande

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Shirai, K., Okada, T., Yamamoto, Y. et al. Instrumentation and performance evaluation of the XRS on SELENE orbiter. Earth Planet Sp 60, 277–281 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352792

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