Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:nh_derived:plutosystem_composition::1.0
NAME New Horizons Encounter with the Pluto System: Global Color Maps, Image Cubes, and Absorption Band Maps from the LEISA and MVIC Instruments
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This data set contains global color maps, image cubes, and absorption band maps created from calibrated data taken during the PLUTO mission phase by the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument and the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft. Image cubes are provided per instrument and target body, covering the surfaces of Pluto, Charon, Nix, Hydra, and Kerberos. Color maps and absorption band maps for N2, CO, CH4, and H2O are provided for both Pluto and Charon.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA New Horizons, Pluto System, LEISA and MVIC: Global Color Maps, Image Cubes, and Absorption Band Maps Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.26007/mc7j-ef52
AUTHORS Stern, S. Alan
EDITORS Finley, Tiffany; Egan, Anthony; Mukherjee, Joey; Salmon, Julien; Enke, Brian; Schmitt, Bernard; Philippe, Syvlain; Côte, Remi; Grundy, William M.; Schenk, Paul; Olkin, Cathy; Parker, Alex; Cook, Jason; Raugh, Anne C.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2025
DESCRIPTION This data set contains global color maps, image cubes, and absorption band maps created from calibrated data taken during the PLUTO mission phase by the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument and the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft. Image cubes are provided per instrument and target body, covering the surfaces of Pluto, Charon, Nix, Hydra, and Kerberos. Color maps and absorption band maps for N2, CO, CH4, and H2O are provided for both Pluto and Charon.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 2015-07-09T03:41:00.002Z
STOP DATE TIME 2015-07-14T11:12:04.876Z
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
INVESTIGATION New Horizons
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT New Horizons
Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array
Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera
TARGET (134340) Pluto
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