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The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1

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Grande, M; Maddison, BJ; Howe, CJ; Kellett, BJ; Sreekumar, P; Huovelin, J; Crawford, IA; Duston, CL; Smith, D; Anand, M; Bhandari, N; Cook, A ...
Published in: Planetary and Space Science
June 1, 2009
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The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) is a compact X-ray spectrometer for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission. It exploits heritage from the D-CIXS instrument on ESA's SMART-1 mission. As a result of detailed developments to all aspects of the design, its performance as measured in the laboratory greatly surpasses that of D-CIXS. In comparison with SMART-1, Chandrayaan-1 is a science-oriented rather than a technology mission, leading to far more favourable conditions for science measurements. C1XS is designed to measure absolute and relative abundances of major rock-forming elements (principally Mg, Al, Si, Ca and Fe) in the lunar crust with spatial resolution ≤25 FWHM km, and to achieve relative elemental abundances of better than 10%. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.

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David R. Smith
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Planetary and Space Science

DOI

10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016

ISSN

0032-0633

Publication Date

June 1, 2009

Volume

57

Issue

7

Start / End Page

717 / 724

Related Subject Headings

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 3706 Geophysics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Grande, M., Maddison, B. J., Howe, C. J., Kellett, B. J., Sreekumar, P., Huovelin, J., … Wieczorek, M. (2009). The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1. Planetary and Space Science, 57(7), 717–724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016
Grande, M., B. J. Maddison, C. J. Howe, B. J. Kellett, P. Sreekumar, J. Huovelin, I. A. Crawford, et al. “The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1.” Planetary and Space Science 57, no. 7 (June 1, 2009): 717–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016.
Grande M, Maddison BJ, Howe CJ, Kellett BJ, Sreekumar P, Huovelin J, et al. The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1. Planetary and Space Science. 2009 Jun 1;57(7):717–24.
Grande, M., et al. “The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1.” Planetary and Space Science, vol. 57, no. 7, June 2009, pp. 717–24. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016.
Grande M, Maddison BJ, Howe CJ, Kellett BJ, Sreekumar P, Huovelin J, Crawford IA, Duston CL, Smith D, Anand M, Bhandari N, Cook A, Fernandes V, Foing B, Gasnaut O, Goswami JN, Holland A, Joy KH, Kochney D, Lawrence D, Maurice S, Okada T, Narendranath S, Pieters C, Rothery D, Russell SS, Shrivastava A, Swinyard B, Wilding M, Wieczorek M. The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1. Planetary and Space Science. 2009 Jun 1;57(7):717–724.
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Published In

Planetary and Space Science

DOI

10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016

ISSN

0032-0633

Publication Date

June 1, 2009

Volume

57

Issue

7

Start / End Page

717 / 724

Related Subject Headings

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 3706 Geophysics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences