REX
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REX is a radio science experiment instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft used to study the atmospheres and surfaces of planetary bodies through radio signal measurements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| REX canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
radio science experiment instrument
ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument ⓘ |
| aboardSpacecraft | New Horizons ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Radio EXperiment ⓘ |
| collaboratingInstitution |
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
| dataType |
brightness temperature
ⓘ
occultation profiles ⓘ radio frequency data ⓘ |
| fullName | Radio EXperiment ⓘ |
| integratedWith | New Horizons radio system ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2006-01-19 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 551 ⓘ |
| measurementType |
radio signal measurements
ⓘ
radiometric temperature measurements ⓘ uplink radio occultation ⓘ |
| mission |
New Horizons
ⓘ
surface form:
New Horizons mission
|
| missionPhaseUsed |
New Horizons
ⓘ
surface form:
Kuiper Belt extended mission
Pluto flyby ⓘ |
| onboard |
New Horizons
ⓘ
surface form:
New Horizons telecommunications system
|
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
LORRI
ⓘ
surface form:
New Horizons science payload
|
| roleInMission |
remote sensing of atmospheric structure
ⓘ
remote sensing of surface thermal properties ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
constrain surface composition and thermal inertia
ⓘ
determine atmospheric pressure at Pluto’s surface ⓘ determine temperature structure of Pluto’s atmosphere ⓘ measure surface emission from Pluto ⓘ search for an atmosphere around Charon ⓘ |
| signalPath | uplink from Earth to spacecraft ⓘ |
| signalSource | Earth-based radio transmitters ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | interplanetary probe ⓘ |
| studies |
atmospheres of planetary bodies
ⓘ
pressure profiles of planetary atmospheres ⓘ surfaces of planetary bodies ⓘ temperature profiles of planetary atmospheres ⓘ |
| targetBody |
Charon
ⓘ
Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ Pluto ⓘ |
| technique |
radio occultation
ⓘ
radiometry ⓘ |
| usedFor |
atmospheric studies
ⓘ
occultation experiments ⓘ radio science ⓘ radiometry ⓘ surface studies ⓘ |
| wavelengthBand | radio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: REX Description of subject: REX is a radio science experiment instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft used to study the atmospheres and surfaces of planetary bodies through radio signal measurements.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.