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- Title
Localization and physical properties experiments conducted by Spirit at Gusev Crater.
- Authors
Arvidson, R E; Anderson, R C; Bartlett, P; Bell, J F, 3rd; Blaney, D; Christensen, P R; Chu, P; Crumpler, L; Davis, K; Ehlmann, B L; Fergason, R; Golombek, M P; Gorevan, S; Grant, J A; Greeley, R; Guinness, E A; Haldemann, A F C; Herkenhoff, K; Johnson, J; Landis, G; Li, R; Lindemann, R; McSween, H; Ming, D W; Myrick, T; Richter, L; Seelos, F P, 4th; Squyres, S W; Sullivan, R J; Wang, A; Wilson, J
- Abstract
The precise location and relative elevation of Spirit during its traverses from the Columbia Memorial station to Bonneville crater were determined with bundle-adjusted retrievals from rover wheel turns, suspension and tilt angles, and overlapping images. Physical properties experiments show a decrease of 0.2% per Mars solar day in solar cell output resulting from deposition of airborne dust, cohesive soil-like deposits in plains and hollows, bright and dark rock coatings, and relatively weak volcanic rocks of basaltic composition. Volcanic, impact, aeolian, and water-related processes produced the encountered landforms and materials.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2004, Vol 305, Issue 5685, p821
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1099922