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Table 1 Details on instruments flying to next asteroid-targeted missions

From: Characterization of asteroid analogues by means of emission and reflectance spectroscopy in the 1- to 100-µm spectral range

Name/mission

Instrument type

Resolving power (R)

Spectral resolution

Spatial resolution

Spectral range (µm)

SNR

OVIRS/OSIRIS-REX

Grating point

R = 125–350

20 m global

0.08–2 m target

0.4–4.3

NA

OTES/OSIRIS-REX

FTIR point

10 cm−1

4 m

4–50

>325 in 7–33 µm

TIR imager

Hayabusa2

TIR imager

Broadband imager

10 m

8–12

NETD < 0.5 K

NIRS3/Hayabusa2

Grating point

20 nm

40 m

1.8–3.2

>50

MARA/Hayabusa2

4 narrow filters and 2 broad filter

2–4 µm

20 cm

5.5–7, 8–9.5, 9.5–11.5, and 13.5–15.5

NETD < 0.1 K