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LEMMS Parameters

 

Source: T. P. Armstrong, October 2005

 

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 ABSORBER NAME   FOIL A B ABS D4
 ABSORBER THICKNESSES-MICRONS   0.1 150 700 1000 700
 ABSORBER MATERIAL              ALUM.  SILICON SILICON   GOLD  SILICON
 THICKNESS VARIATION-MICRONS   0 5 10 10 10
 CONICAL HALF ANGLE-DEGREES    7.5 7.5 7.5 15 15
 DETECTOR NOISE-MEV            0 0 0 0.01 0.01
 ELECTRONIC NOISE-MEV   0 0.006 0.01 0 0
 NUMBER OF THRESHOLDS SET   0 9 5 0 5
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 1 0 0.012 0.1 0 0.1
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 2 0 0.03 0.4 0 0.4
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 3 0 0.05 1 0 1
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 4 0 0.1 4 0 2.8
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 5 0 0.25 13 0 5
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 6 0 0.5 0 0 0
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 7 0 0.8 0 0 0
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 8 0 1.6 0 0 0
 THRESHOLD  LEVEL NO.MEV 9 0 5 0 0 0
 AVERAGE PROJECTED DEPTH-MIC   0.2 150.6 703 1017.3 712.1
 EST.RMS VARN.PROJ.DEPTH-MIC   0 0.6 3 17.6 12.3
 NET RMS THICKNESS VARN.-MIC   0 5 10.4 20.3 15.9
 LOWER LIMIT THICKNESS(MIC)   0.1 145.6 692.6 997.1 696.2
 UPPER LIMIT THICKNESS(MIC)   0.2 155.7 713.5 1037.6 728

 

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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.