High Spatial Resolution Observations of Titan During an Occultation

掩星期间土卫六的高空间分辨率观测

• 批准号: 0123509
• 负责人: Eliot Young
• 金额: $ 3.4万
• 依托单位: Southwest Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-10-01 至 2002-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0123509&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Spatial; Resolution; Observations; Titan; During

AST-0123509Young, EliotThe Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) on Haleakela, Maui, Hawaii of the US Air Force with its adaptive optics system will be used to determine the density as a function of altitude and the structure of the atmosphere of the satellite of Saturn: Titan. The observational plan is to observe a stellar occultation and measure intensity and spatial distribution as the light from a background star passes (refracts) through the atmosphere of Titan. The A/O system has been shown to lock-up and correct wavefront errors using Titan as the source.***

美国空军位于夏威夷毛伊岛哈雷克拉的先进光电系统(AEOS)及其自适应光学系统将用于确定土星卫星土卫六的密度随高度和大气结构的函数。观测计划是观测恒星掩星，并测量背景恒星发出的光线通过(折射)土卫六大气层时的强度和空间分布。A/O系统已被证明可以锁定和纠正波前误差，并使用土卫六作为信号源。*