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Localization and physical properties experiments conducted by Spirit at Gusev CraterThe 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.
Document ID
20050151399
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Arvidson, R. E.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Anderson, R. C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bartlett, P.
(Honeybee Robotics Ltd. New York, NY, United States)
Bell, J. F., III
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Blaney, D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Christensen, P. R.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Chu, P.
(Honeybee Robotics Ltd. New York, NY, United States)
Crumpler, L.
(New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Davis, K.
(Honeybee Robotics Ltd. New York, NY, United States)
Ehlmann, B. L.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Fergason, R.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Golombek, M. P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gorevan, S.
(Honeybee Robotics Ltd. New York, NY, United States)
Grant, J. A.
(Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, United States)
Greeley, R.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Guinness, E. A.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Haldemann, A. F. C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Herkenhoff, K.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Johnson, J.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Landis, G.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Li, R.
(Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH, United States)
Lindemann, R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ming, D. W.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
August 6, 2004
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 305
Issue: 5685
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: 390-30-AA
Distribution Limits
Public
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