Thermal Emission Spectrometer Under Construction (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Thermal Emission Spectrometer Under Construction

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The Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Lucy mission will be a close copy of the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer, seen here under construction in the cleanroom on the Tempe campus. Its task in the Lucy mission will be to measure surface temperatures of primitive asteroids as a way of determining their physical properties.

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