Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:nh_derived:arrokoth_composition::1.0
NAME New Horizons (486958) Arrokoth Encounter Surface Composition Maps
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This dataset presents surface composition maps of the trans-Neptunian object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft on its first extended mission to the Kuiper Belt. The dataset includes calibrated spectral cubes derived from observations made by the LEISA and MVIC spectral imagers.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA New Horizons (486958) Arrokoth Encounter Surface Composition Maps Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.26007/fv5e-eh92
AUTHORS Stern, S. Alan
EDITORS Redfern, Jillian; Grundy, William M.; Singer, Kelsi N.; Enke, Brian; Keeney, Brian; Raugh, Anne C.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2025
DESCRIPTION This dataset presents surface composition maps of the trans-Neptunian object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft on its first extended mission to the Kuiper Belt. The dataset includes calibrated spectral cubes derived from observations made by the LEISA and MVIC spectral imagers.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 1965-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
STOP DATE TIME N/A (ongoing)
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE Science
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Derived
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME Spectroscopy
INVESTIGATION New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission 1
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT New Horizons
Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array
Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera
TARGET (486958) Arrokoth
REFERENCES Grundy W.M., Bird M.K., Britt D.T., Cook J.C., Cruikshank D.P., Howett C.J.A., Krijt S., et al., 2020, "Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth", Sci, 367, aay3705.