Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:jaxa:darts:context:instrument:mascot.mascam::1.0
NAME MASCOT CAMERA
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
MASCAM (MAScot CAMera) has Wide-angle camera that takes pictures during the descent to the asteroid surface and will provide ground data for the instruments on board Hayabusa2 as well as contextual information for the instruments on board MASCOT. MASCAM has LED illumination devices in 4 colors, red, gren, blue, and near-infrared. These LEDs used in night time and acquire different reflectance image in wavelength.
MODEL IDENTIFIER
NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER -37730
SERIAL NUMBER
REFERENCES R. Jaumann, N. Schmitz, A. Koncz, H. Michaelis, S. E. Schroeder, S. Mottola, F. Trauthan, H. Hoffmann, T. Roatsch, D. Jobs, J. Kachlicki, B. Pforte, R. Terzer, M. Tschentscher, S. Weisse, U. Müller, L. Perez-Prieto, B. Broll, A. Kruselburger, T.-M. Ho, J. Biele, S. Ulamec, C. Krause, M. Grott, J.-P. Bibring, S. Watanabe, S. Sugita, T. Okada, M. Yoshikawa, H. Yabuta, The Camera of the MASCOT Asteroid Lander on Board Hayabusa 2, Space Sci. Rev., 208, 375-400, 2017.