What's New at the Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory (PSL)

Kurzfassung

The Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory (PSL) of DLR in Berlin is a well established spectroscopy facility providing spectral measurements of planetary analogues from the visible to the farinfrared range for comparison with remote sensing spacecraft/telescopic measurements of extraterrestrial surfaces. Reflection, transmission and emission spectroscopy are the techniques used to acquire spectral data of target materials. The study of the surface composition (and its evolution) of celestial bodies relies on a solid fundament of laboratory spectroscopy. With the increasing number of missions and hyperspectral instruments to a wide range of bodies in the solar system there is an ever-increasing demand for new measurements.