COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Record
Title:
Mars Albedo
Original Caption Released with Image:
These two views of Mars are derived from the MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements of global broadband (0.3 - ~3.0 microns) visible and near-infrared reflectance, also known as albedo. The range of colors are in dimensionless units. The values are the ratio of the amount of electromagnetic energy reflected by the surface to the amount of energy incident upon it from the sun (larger values are brighter surfaces). The TES instrument was built by Santa Barbara Remote Sensing and is operated by Philip R. Christensen, of Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Product Size:
4000 samples x 2769 lines
Primary Data Set:
MGS EDRs
facet_what:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
Image #:
PIA02816
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02816
