Meridiani Planum (alternatively Terra Meridiani) is a large plain straddling the equator of Mars. The plain sits on top of an enormous body of sediments...
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Eagle (crater) (redirect from Eagle (Meridiani Planum crater))
Eagle is a 22-metre long impact crater located on the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19)...
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that the soil at Meridiani Planum was very similar to the soil at Gusev crater and Ares Vallis; however, in many places at Sinus Meridiani, the soil was...
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Heat Shield Rock (redirect from Meridiani Planum meteorite)
Shield Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite found on the Meridiani Planum plain of Mars by the Mars rover Opportunity in January 2005. Informally...
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pattern and cross bedding in the rocks of the outcrop inside a crater in Meridiani Planum, landing site of MER-B, Opportunity. This suggested that water once...
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Martian spherules (section New name: Meridiani Planum)
are rich in an iron oxide (grey hematite, α-Fe2O3) and are found at Meridiani Planum (a large plain on Mars) in exceedingly large numbers. Loose hematite...
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Opportunity in 2004 is perhaps better known as Meridiani Planum. Mädler lies in the south of Meridiani Planum, close to the prime meridian and about 10° east...
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Investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Science: 1698–1703. Soderblom, L., et al. 2004. Soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity...
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Fram is an impact crater on the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It was...
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2003, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program, it landed in Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004, three weeks after its twin, Spirit (MER-A), touched...
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directly compared the chemistry of the water in which the Mars rocks of Meridiani Planum were deposited in the past with the Río Tinto. Likewise, the moon Europa...
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rock outcroppings examined by instruments on the Opportunity rover at Meridiani Planum suggest that the sulfate deposits there could contain up to 22% water...
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Sinus Meridiani ("Middle Bay"), but following the landing of the NASA probe MER-B Opportunity in 2004 it is perhaps better known as Meridiani Planum. Currently...
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meteorites contain small amounts. Groundwater may have existed at Gusev and Meridiani Planum. Cap carbonates Orthocarbonic acid, H4CO4, or C(OH)4, a hypothetic...
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Block Island meteorite, officially named Meridiani Planum 006 shortened as MP 006, was found on Mars by the Opportunity rover on July 17, 2009. It is about...
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Strong Evidence Meridiani Planum Was Wet". Retrieved July 8, 2006. S. W. Squyres and A. H. Knoll, Sedimentary Geology at Meridiani Planum, Mars, Elsevier...
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Terra and parts of Xanthe Terra, Noachis Terra, Arabia Terra, and Meridiani Planum. The name of this quadrangle means "pearl bay" after the pearl coast...
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Mars Exploration Rovers was sent to a site in the Terra Meridiani region designated Meridiani Planum. In-situ investigations by the Opportunity rover showed...
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List of plains on Mars (redirect from Sinai Planum)
rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", depending on height. Planitia (plural: planitiae) is Latin for plain....
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2004 to 2018. Launched on July 7, 2003, Opportunity landed on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004, at 05:05 Ground UTC (about 13:15 Mars local time)...
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investigation at Meridiani Planum. Science: 306. 1598-1703. Rodionov, D. et al. 2005. An iron-nickel meteorite on Meridiani Planum: observations by MER...
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Leaving Endurance it headed for its heat shield where it would find the Meridiani Planum meteorite, which happened to be the first meteorite discovered on another...
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future Mars landing missions until 2022. The landing site chosen was Meridiani Planum, a Martian plain prized by Mars landers for its flat terrain and low...
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Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus...
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from 2004 to 2010. Launched on June 10, 2003, Spirit landed on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 4, 2004, three weeks after its twin Opportunity (MER-B)...
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Opportunity rover 07 Jul 2003 25 Jan 2004 174 1.9462°S 354.4743°E Meridiani Planum Success USA -1.4 5.5 km/sec 16. Phoenix lander 04 Aug 2007 25 May...
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various surface features in their landing sites of Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum, respectively. Apollo 1 Hills Grissom Hill Columbia Hills Husband Hill...
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Honduras 12 Victoria, a main-belt IIIa asteroid Victoria (crater), in the Meridiani Planum, Mars, named after one of Ferdinand Magellan's ships Victoria Land...
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was the third of three iron meteorites encountered by the rover on Meridiani Planum within a few hundred meters, the others being Shelter Island and Block...
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is an impact crater on Mars, located at 2.172°S, 5.445°W within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus...
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