Instrument class · Composition, spatially resolved
Imaging Spectrometer
An instrument that captures both an image and a spectrum for every pixel, mapping the composition of a surface or atmosphere by the wavelengths of light it reflects or emits.
Instruments of this class
Galileo's imaging spectrometer, which mapped the composition of Jupiter's moons and found evidence for salts and a subsurface ocean on Europa.
Knowledge connections
- Group includesGalileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS)
- Group includesMIRI
- Group includesMUSE
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.