Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
X-ray Machine on Mars
Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken at Meridiani Planum, Mars by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or "arm." The image was acquired on the ninth martian day or sol of the rover's mission.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Opportunity
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Panoramic Camera
Instrument:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Product Size:
512 samples x 512 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Opportunity
facet_what:
Panoramic Camera
facet_what:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA05196
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05196
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X-ray Machine on Mars