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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Sampling Martian Soil (3-D)
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Sampling Martian Soil (3-D)
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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Scientists were using the Moessbauer spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit when something unexpected happened. The instrument's contact ring had been placed onto the ground as a reference point for placement of another instrument, the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, for analyzing the soil. After Spirit removed the Moessbauer from the target, the rover's microscopic imager revealed a gap in the imprint left behind in the soil. The gap, about a centimeter wide (less than half an inch), is visible on the left side of this stereo view. Scientists concluded that a small chunk of soil probably adhered to the contact ring on the front surface of the Moessbauer. Before anyone saw that soil may have adhered to the Moessbauer, that instrument was placed to analyze martian dust collected by a magnet on the rover. The team plans to take images to see if any soil is still attached to the Moessbauer. Spirit took these images on the rover's 240th martian day, or sol (Sept. 4, 2004).
Figure 1 is the left-eye view of a stereo pair and Figure 2 is the right-eye view of a stereo pair.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
Scientists were using the Moessbauer spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit when something unexpected happened. The instrument's contact ring had been placed onto the ground as a reference point for placement of another instrument, the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, for analyzing the soil. After Spirit removed the Moessbauer from the target, the rover's microscopic imager revealed a gap in the imprint left behind in the soil. The gap, about a centimeter wide (less than half an inch), is visible on the left side of this stereo view. Scientists concluded that a small chunk of soil probably adhered to the contact ring on the front surface of the Moessbauer. Before anyone saw that soil may have adhered to the Moessbauer, that instrument was placed to analyze martian dust collected by a magnet on the rover. The team plans to take images to see if any soil is still attached to the Moessbauer. Spirit took these images on the rover's 240th martian day, or sol (Sept. 4, 2004).
Figure 1 is the left-eye view of a stereo pair and Figure 2 is the right-eye view of a stereo pair.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Other Information:
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Other_Information
Other Information
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Cornell/USG S
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL/Cornell/USG S
Image Credit
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Spirit
Spacecraft
Spirit
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mars
Target_Name
Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Microscopic Imager
Instrument
Microscopic Imager
Instrument
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Instrument:
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Mossbauer Spectrometer
Instrument
Mossbauer Spectrometer
Instrument
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Product Size:
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2167 samples x 1861 lines
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2167 samples x 1861 lines
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Sun
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Sun
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Spectrometer
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Spectrometer
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Spirit
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Spirit
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Mars
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Mars
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STEREO
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STEREO
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Imager
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Imager
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Microscopic Imager
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Microscopic Imager
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Moessbauer Spectrometer
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Moessbauer Spectrometer
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Mossbauer Spectrometer
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Mossbauer Spectrometer
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what
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Mars
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Mars
facet_where
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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Image #:
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PIA06882
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA06882
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA06882
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