photopolarimeter

Close-up images using Pioneers Imaging Photopolarimeter were planned as well, but were lost because of the high-radiation environment.

Pioneer 10 - Jupiter - Responsible for the IPP: The Imaging Photopolarimeter, for operating it.

Its photopolarimeter, a light-sensing device, conducted several sweeps of the planet to study its light-scattering properties, an important body of evidence for determining more about the nature of Neptune's atmosphere.

Cameras, infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers, and an instrument called a photopolarimeter are on a scan platform that swivels on command so these device can be aimed at a target world.

He was Principal Investigator for the Imaging Photopolarimeter experiment on the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 first flybys of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s.

The Strains and the Pains Another afternoon Dr. Arthur L. Lane, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist who heads the team operating the photopolarimeter, a light-sensing device, emerged from the daily meeting of his team saying there had been some "explosive moments."