Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (Aug 2025)

The MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) for the spectral characterization of the Martian system

  • Maria Antonietta Barucci,
  • Pernelle Bernardi,
  • Jean-Michel Reess,
  • Sonia Fornasier,
  • Frederic Merlin,
  • Alain Doressoundiram,
  • Thomas Gautier,
  • Takahiro Iwata,
  • Hiromu Nakagawa,
  • Tomoki Nakamura,
  • Christophe Donny,
  • Sadok Abbaki,
  • Shohei Aoki,
  • Takehiko Arai,
  • Pierre Beck,
  • Marion Bonafous,
  • Martin Boutelier,
  • Jean-Christophe Bouquier,
  • John Robert Brucato,
  • Mickael Bruno,
  • Jean-Tristan Buey,
  • Matthieu Castelnau,
  • Sebastien Charnoz,
  • Marc Chaussidon,
  • Frederic Chapron,
  • Athena Coustenis,
  • Willy D’anna,
  • Gael David,
  • Marco Delbo,
  • Bruno Dubois,
  • Sebastien Etcheverry,
  • Catherine Garat,
  • Stephane Gauffre,
  • Hidenori Genda,
  • Fabrice Glize,
  • Rafik Hassen-Khodja,
  • Valentin Hazard,
  • Gilles Hervet,
  • Ryuki Hyodo,
  • Takeshi Imamura,
  • Christian Imbert,
  • Sophie Jacquinod,
  • Laurent Jorda,
  • Shingo Kameda,
  • Driss Kouach,
  • Toru Kouyama,
  • Takeshi Kuroda,
  • Hiroyuki Kurokawa,
  • Laurent Lapauw,
  • Jeremie Lasue,
  • Laetitia Le Deit,
  • Michel Le Du,
  • Cedric Leyrat,
  • Christophe Mathé,
  • Moe Matsuoka,
  • Maeva Millan,
  • Hideaki Miyamoto,
  • Frederic Moynier,
  • Napoléon Nguyen Tuong,
  • Kazunori Ogohara,
  • Takahito Osawa,
  • Jerome Parisot,
  • Paolo Pilleri,
  • Veronique Piou,
  • Giovanni Poggiali,
  • Nathalie Pons,
  • Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn,
  • Antsa Rasamoela,
  • Sean Raymond,
  • Francis Rocard,
  • Anne Rouvié,
  • Takeshi Sakanoi,
  • Takao M. Sato,
  • Hervé Soulie,
  • Eric Sawyer,
  • Aymeric Spiga,
  • Robin Sultana,
  • Nicolas Theret,
  • Sylvain Trémolières,
  • Pascal Truchelut,
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya,
  • Pierre Vernazza,
  • Antonin Wargnier,
  • Koki Yumoto,
  • Didier Zeganadin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00746-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 25

Abstract

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Abstract MIRS (MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) is a push-broom imaging spectrometer onboard of the JAXA sample return MMX mission. It has been built by the French laboratory LESIA, today LIRA (Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics) of Paris Observatory-PSL in collaboration with five other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. MIRS, designed to accomplish the MMX scientific objectives, has been built to be adapted on MMX Exploration Module. MIRS will remotely observe the Martian system for three years. MIRS will observe Phobos, Deimos and Mars in the spectral range 0.9–3.6 µm to characterize surface composition of the satellites and investigate Martian atmospheric variations. An overview of the MIRS Flight Model is presented as well as the data processing and the expected results.

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