Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Global Map, High-Energy Neutrons
Original Caption Released with Image:
A high content of hydrogen in Mars' southern polar region is apparent in this global map of high-energy neutrons measured by the high-energy neutron detector on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

The neutrons were measured by the medium detector (in counts per second)during the first week of mapping, in February 2002. Space background neutrons have been subtracted. The pixels are 10 degrees by 10 degrees.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The high-energy neutron detector was supplied by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and is one of the instruments in the gamma ray spectrometer instrument suite, which was supplied by the University of Arizona, Tucson. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project, and developed and built the orbiter. Seehttp://grs.lpl.arizona.edufor more information. Odyssey mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Image Credit:
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Universit y of Arizona
Produced By:
University of Arizona / LPL
Mission:
2001 Mars Odyssey
Spacecraft:
2001 Mars Odyssey
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
Product Size:
793 samples x 1123 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Polar
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
2001 Mars Odyssey
facet_what:
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Denver
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
February 2002
facet_when_year:
2002
Image #:
PIA03489
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03489
orignial url:

Global Map, High-Energy Neutrons