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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

 Historical MIMI Memos and Notes

 

LEMMS Telescope Design

 

Presentation by E. Kirsch at MIMI team meeting, October 1994

 

Figures:

 

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Figure 5

 

Sr90 as calibration source

 

Sr90 -->Y90 + β-
Y90 -->Zr90 + β-

 

Emax = 500 keV
Emax = 2300 keV

 

Deflection of electrons

 

B = 650 Γ

 

e- = 0.458 MeV --> B · R = 2750 Γ · cm, R = 4.23 cm
e- = 1.12 MeV --> B · R = 5186  Γ · cm, R = 7.98 cm
e- = 1.59 MeV --> B · R = 6801 Γ · cm, R = 10.46 cm

 

When e- ~= 2.0 MeV reach detector A, they would not be detectable.

 

0.35 · 150 = 52 keV energy loss in A, the threshold is at 75 keV!

 

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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: The Cassini spacecraft was manufactured by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Huygens Probe was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.

Mission Duration: The Cassini-Huygens mission launched on October 15 1997, and ended on September 15 2017.

Destination: Cassini's destination was Saturn and its moons. The destination of the Huygens Probe's was Saturn's moon Titan.

Orbit: Cassini orbited Saturn for 13 years before diving between its rings and colliding with the planet on September 15th, 2017.