The Mars InfraRed Trace Gas Investigation Spectrometer (MIRTIS) for the 2016 Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter

Franck Montmessin (1) , Thierry Fouchet (2, 3) , Florence Henry (2, 3) , Jean-Michel Reess (2, 3) , Pernelle Bernardi (2, 3) , Pierre Drossart (2, 3) , Stéphane Erard (2, 3) , Emmanuel Lellouch (2, 3)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
3 Pôle Planétologie du LESIA

MIRTIS is dual spectrometer aimed at characterizing trace gases in the atmosphere of Mars. It operates in the near- and mid- infrared and shall provide unprecedented sensitivity for the detection of trace gases with geophysical and/or biological origin

Domains: Physics [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]

Franck Montmessin, Thierry Fouchet, Florence Henry, Jean-Michel Reess, Pernelle Bernardi, et al.. The Mars InfraRed Trace Gas Investigation Spectrometer (MIRTIS) for the 2016 Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter. European Planetary Science Congress 2010, Sep 2010, Rome, Italy. 5, pp.EPSC2010-546, 2010, EPSC Abstracts. ⟨hal-03803606⟩