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Mariner 9 science experiments - Preliminary results.On the basis of data provided by the IR interferometer spectrometer on the Mariner 9 spacecraft, it is suggested that the composition of the Martian dust corresponds approximately to that of rocks of intermediate silicon dioxide content. The large dynamical pole flattening obtained from satellite observations has been confirmed by the Mariner 9 data.
Document ID
19720034674
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Steinbacher, R. H.
Kliore, A.
Lorell, J. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Hipsher, H. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Barth, C. A. (Colorado, University Boulder, Colo., United States)
Masursky, H. (U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff, Ariz., United States)
Muench, G. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)
Pearl, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Smith, B. (New Mexico State University Las Cruces, N. Mex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 21, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 175
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
72A18340
Distribution Limits
Public
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