First Results of High Performance Ge Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Onboard Lunar Orbiter SELENE (KAGUYA)

• Main Authors: Hasebe Nobuyuki, Kodaira Satoshi, et.al
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: South Pole; Aitken; Arago; South pole
• Online Access: https://repo.qst.go.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=45486; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1657/00045473/

The high precision gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) is carried on the first Japan's large-scaled lunar explorer, SELENE (KAGUYA), successfully launched by the H-IIA rocket on Sep. 14, 2007. The GRS consists of a large Ge crystal as a main detector and massive bismuth germanate crystals and a plasti...