Instrument Information
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urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:rexis.orex::1.2
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The Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) onboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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Spectrometer
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| DESCRIPTION |
The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) was intended to map the surface of the asteroid (101955) Bennu using X-ray flourescence. It was sensitive to X-rays in the range 0.3 - 7.5 keV with 21 arcminute resolution. REXIS was a srudent collaboration experiment involving student from Harvard and the Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT).
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| REFERENCES |
R.A. Masterson, M. Chodas, L. Bayley, B. Allen, J. Hong, P. Biswas, C. McMenamin, K. Stout, E. Bokhour, H. Bralower, D. Carte, S. Chen, M. Jones, S.Kissel, H. Schmidt, M. Smith, G. Sondecker, L.F. Lim, D.S. Lauretta, J. Grindlay, and R.P. Binzel, Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) Aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, Space Science Reviews, 2018, submitted
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