Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) on Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)

Poulet, F. and Piccioni, G. and Langevin, Y. and Dumesnil, C and Tommasi, L. and Carlier, V. and Filacchione, G and Amoroso, Marilena and Arondel, A and D'Aversa, E. and Barbis, A and Bini, A and Bolsée, D. and Bousquet, P. and Caprini, C and Carter, J. and Dubois, J.-P. and Condamin, M and Couturier, S and Dassas, K and Dexet, M and Fletcher, Leigh N. and Grassi, D. and Guerri, I and Haffoud, P and Larigauderie, C. and Le Du, M. and Mugnuolo, R. and Pilato, G and Rossi, M and Stefani, S. and Tosi, F and Vincendon, M. and Zambelli, M. and Arnold, Gabriele and Bibring, J-.P. and Biondi, D and Boccaccini, A. and Brunetto, R. and Carapelle, A and Cisneros González, M and Hannou, C and Karatekin, O and Le Cle’ch, J.-C. and Leyrat, C. and Migliorini, A. and Nathues, A. and Rodriguez, S. and Saggin, B. and Sanchez-Lavega, A and Schmitt, B and Seignovert, B and Sordini, R. and Stephan, Katrin and Tobie, G. and Zambon, F. and Adriani, A. and Altieri, F. and Bockelee-Morvan, D and Capaccioni, F and De Angelis, Simone and De Sanctis, C.M. and Drossart, P. and Fouchet, T. and Gerard, J.-C. and Grodent, D. and Ignatiev, N. and Irwin, P. and Ligier, N. and Manaud, N. and Mangold, N and Mura, A and Pilorget, C and Quirico, E. and Renotte, E and Strazzulla, G. and Turrini, D. and Vandaele, A. C. and Carli, C. and Ciarniello, M. and Guerlet, S and Lellouch, E. and Mancarella, F. and Morbidelli, A and Le Mouelic, S. and Raponi, A and Sindoni, G and Snels, M (2024) Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) on Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE). Space Science Reviews, 220, p. 27. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s11214-024-01057-2. ISSN 0038-6308.

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Abstract

The MAJIS (Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer) instrument on board the ESA JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon Explorer) mission is an imaging spectrometer operating in the visible and near-infrared spectral range from 0.50 to 5.55 μm in two spectral channels with a boundary at 2.3 μm and spectral samplings for the VISNIR and IR channels better than 4 nm/band and 7 nm/band, respectively. The IFOV is 150 μrad over a total of 400 pixels. As already amply demonstrated by the past and present operative planetary space missions, an imaging spectrometer of this type can span a wide range of scientific objectives, from the surface through the atmosphere and exosphere. MAJIS is then perfectly suitable for a comprehensive study of the icy satellites, with particular emphasis on Ganymede, the Jupiter atmosphere, including its aurorae and the spectral characterization of the whole Jupiter system, including the ring system, small inner moons, and targets of opportunity whenever feasible. The accurate measurement of radiance from the different targets, in some case particularly faint due to strong absorption features, requires a very sensitive cryogenic instrument operating in a severe radiation environment. In this respect MAJIS is the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer devoted to these objectives in the outer Solar System and its passive cooling system without cryocoolers makes it potentially robust for a long-life mission as JUICE is. In this paper we report the scientific objectives, discuss the design of the instrument including its complex on-board pipeline, highlight the achieved performance, and address the observation plan with the relevant instrument modes.

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Title:

Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) on Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Poulet, F.	IAS	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Piccioni, G.	Instituto di Fisica, dello Spazio Interplanetario CNR, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Langevin, Y.	Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS-INSU, Orsay Cedex, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Dumesnil, C	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tommasi, L.	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Carlier, V.	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Filacchione, G	IAPS-INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133, Rome, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9567-0055	UNSPECIFIED
Amoroso, Marilena	Italian Space Agency – ASI, Sede di Roma, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Arondel, A	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
D'Aversa, E.	Instituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, CNR, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Barbis, A	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bini, A	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bolsée, D.	BIRA/IASB, Bruxelles	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bousquet, P.	Service d’Ae´ronomie/Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Paris, F	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Caprini, C	INAF-IFSI, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Carter, J.	Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS Université Paris- Sud, Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Dubois, J.-P.	IAS	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Condamin, M	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Couturier, S	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Dassas, K	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Dexet, M	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Fletcher, Leigh N.	University of Oxford, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grassi, D.	Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Guerri, I	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Haffoud, P	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Larigauderie, C.	CNES	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Le Du, M.	CNES	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mugnuolo, R.	ASI	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Pilato, G	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Rossi, M	Leonardo Company, Campo- Bisenzio	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stefani, S.	INAF-IASF, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tosi, F	IAPS-INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133, Rome, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-2434	UNSPECIFIED
Vincendon, M.	Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale IAS, CNRS/Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zambelli, M.	INAF-IASF	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Arnold, Gabriele	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bibring, J-.P.	IAS Orsay	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Biondi, D	INAF-IAPS, Rome	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Boccaccini, A.	INAF-IFSI, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Brunetto, R.	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Carapelle, A	Université de Liège	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Cisneros González, M	BIRA/IASB, Bruxelles	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hannou, C	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Karatekin, O	Royal Observatory Belgium (ROB), Av Circulaire 3 – Ringlaan 3, BE 1180 Brussels, Belgium	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Le Cle’ch, J.-C.	IAS	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Leyrat, C.	Università di Padova, Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padova, Italy)	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Migliorini, A.	INAF-IASF	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Nathues, A.	Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max-Planck Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Rodriguez, S.	Laboratoire AIM, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Saggin, B.	Dipartimento di Ingneria Meccanica, Università di Padova	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sanchez-Lavega, A	Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Schmitt, B	Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, Grenoble	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Seignovert, B	LPG, Nantes	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sordini, R.	Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 0133 Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stephan, Katrin	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tobie, G.	Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zambon, F.	Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Adriani, A.	Instituto di fisica dell'Atmosfera, Roma, I	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Altieri, F.	INAF Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bockelee-Morvan, D	Observatoire de Paris	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Capaccioni, F	IAPS-INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
De Angelis, Simone	IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
De Sanctis, C.M.	INAF-IAPS, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Drossart, P.	LESIA Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Fouchet, T.	LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gerard, J.-C.	LPAP, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grodent, D.	Université de Liège, Belgium	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ignatiev, N.	Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Irwin, P.	Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ligier, N.	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Manaud, N.	UMR 5562 / CNRS / GRGS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mangold, N	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mura, A	Instituto di Fisica dello Spacio Interplanetario CNR, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Pilorget, C	IAS Orsay, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Quirico, E.	Grenoble Planetology Laboratory	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Renotte, E	AMOS, Angleur	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Strazzulla, G.	INAF- Catania Astrophysical Observatory	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Turrini, D.	INAF—Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Vandaele, A. C.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Carli, C.	INAF-IAPS, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ciarniello, M.	INAF-IASF, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Guerlet, S	LMD, Paris	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lellouch, E.	Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mancarella, F.	Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Morbidelli, A	Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Le Mouelic, S.	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-1367	UNSPECIFIED
Raponi, A	INAF-IAPS Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sindoni, G	ASI	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Snels, M	CNR/ISAC, Rome	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2024

Journal or Publication Title:

Space Science Reviews

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

220

DOI:

10.1007/s11214-024-01057-2

Page Range:

p. 27

Publisher:

Springer

ISSN:

0038-6308

Status:

Published

Keywords:

JUICE, MAJIS, spectrometer

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project JUICE - JANUS and GALA

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology
Institute of Planetary Research > Leitungsbereich PF

Deposited By:

Stephan, Dr.rer.nat. Katrin

Deposited On:

08 Jan 2025 11:07

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