THE INFRARED TELESCOPE IN-SPACE (IRTS)

被引:34
作者
MURAKAMI, H
BOCK, J
FREUND, MM
GUO, H
HIRAO, T
LANGE, AE
MATSUHARA, H
MATSUMOTO, T
MATSUURA, S
MCMAHON, TJ
MURAKAMI, M
NAKAGAWA, T
NODA, M
NOGUCHI, K
OKUDA, H
OKUMURA, K
ONAKA, T
ROELLIG, TL
SATO, S
SHIBAI, H
TANABE, T
WATABE, T
YAGI, T
YAJIMA, N
YUI, M
机构
[1] UNIV TSUKUBA,INST ENGN MECH,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] TOKYO METROPOLITAN INST TECHNOL,DEPT MECH SYST ENGN,HINO,TOKYO 191,JAPAN
[3] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[4] NAGOYA UNIV,SCH SCI,DEPT ASTROPHYS,CHIKUSA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 464,JAPAN
[5] NASA,AMES RES CTR,DIV SPACE SCI,MOFFETT FIELD,CA 94035
[6] UNIV TOKYO,TOKYO ASTRON OBSERV,FAC SCI,INST ASTRON,MITAKA,TOKYO 181,JAPAN
关键词
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES; SPACE PROBES; INFRARED; GENERAL; TELESCOPES;
D O I
10.1086/174246
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Infrared Telescope in Space (IRTS) is a cryogenically cooled small infrared telescope that will fly aboard the small space platform Space Flyer Unit. It will survey approximately 10% of the sky with a relatively wide beam during its 20 day mission. Four focal-plane instruments will make simultaneous observations of the sky at wavelengths ranging from 1 to 1000 mum. The IRTS will provide significant information on cosmology, interstellar matter, late-type stars, and interplanetary dust. This paper describes the instrumentation and mission.
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页码:354 / 362
页数:9
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