New Horizons Ralph instrument

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The New Horizons Ralph instrument is a visible and infrared imager/spectrometer aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, designed to capture detailed color and composition data of distant Kuiper Belt objects and other solar system bodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft imaging instrument ⓘ
visible and infrared imager/spectrometer ⓘ
dataProduct color and composition maps of Arrokoth ⓘ
composition maps of Pluto’s surface ices ⓘ
global color maps of Pluto ⓘ
dataType hyperspectral cubes ⓘ
multispectral images ⓘ
developedBy Ball Aerospace ⓘ
Southwest Research Institute ⓘ
fieldOfView wide-angle ⓘ
fullName Ralph ⓘ
hasSubsystem LEISA ⓘ
MVIC ⓘ
launchDate 2006-01-19 ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V 551 ⓘ
mission New Horizons mission ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
missionPhaseUsage Jupiter flyby observations ⓘ
Kuiper Belt extended mission ⓘ
Pluto system encounter ⓘ
linked to: Pluto system
namedAfter Ralph Kramden character from The Honeymooners ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
pairedWith New Horizons Alice instrument ⓘ
partOf New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
primaryFunction infrared imaging ⓘ
spectroscopy ⓘ
visible imaging ⓘ
purpose capture composition data of distant solar system bodies ⓘ
capture detailed color data of distant solar system bodies ⓘ
map surface composition ⓘ
study Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
study Pluto system ⓘ
support geological and morphological studies ⓘ
roleInMission primary color imager ⓘ
primary composition mapper ⓘ
scientificDiscipline planetary science ⓘ
remote sensing ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft New Horizons ⓘ
targetBody Arrokoth ⓘ
Charon ⓘ
Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
Pluto’s small moons ⓘ
usesDetectorType CCD ⓘ
infrared detector array ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
visible ⓘ

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Arrokoth → observedBy → New Horizons Ralph instrument ⓘ
subject linked to: Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
Alice → pairedInstrument → Ralph (New Horizons instrument) ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons Ralph instrument
Mordor Macula → imagedBy → New Horizons Ralph instrument ⓘ
Vulcan Planum → imagedBy → New Horizons Ralph instrument ⓘ
Thule → observedBy → New Horizons MVIC instrument ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons Ralph instrument