Title |
Localization and Physical Properties Experiments Conducted by Spirit at Gusev Crater
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Published in |
Science, August 2004
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DOI | 10.1126/science.1099922 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
R. E. Arvidson, R. C. Anderson, P. Bartlett, J. F. Bell, D. Blaney, P. R. Christensen, P. Chu, L. Crumpler, K. Davis, B. L. Ehlmann, R. Fergason, M. P. Golombek, S. Gorevan, J. A. Grant, R. Greeley, E. A. Guinness, A. F. C. Haldemann, K. Herkenhoff, J. Johnson, G. Landis, R. Li, R. Lindemann, H. McSween, D. W. Ming, T. Myrick, L. Richter, F. P. Seelos, S. W. Squyres, R. J. Sullivan, A. Wang, J. Wilson |
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. |
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