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| Welcome to the VIMS' website! VIMS is an imaging spectrometer that flies on board the Cassini spacecraft (a NASA/ESA/ASI mission). VIMS is an experiment by JPL (VIMS IR), ASI (VIMS V), IASF/INAF and IAS-Orsay (for the main electronics).
The scientific program is mainly focused on Saturn and Titan atmospheres, observation of Titan surface through narrow spectral window in the NIR, and identification of surface composition of small satellites, rings, and asteroids observed during the cruise phase. |
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17-10-2007 VIMS: 10 years in space
VIMS-V reaches this week the 10th year of operations in space. From launch up to today VIMS collected more than 90.000 hyperspectral cubes corresponding to more than 300.000.000 spectra. The principal scientific objectives of the experiment are shown in the image...
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05 July 2007 Hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Hyperion
On the icy and spongy-like surface of Hyperion Cassini VIMS and UVIS have detected hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar system of basic chemicals necessary for life
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A portrait of Saturn's System by VIMS-V
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