Initial results from the Mini-TES experiment in Gusev crater from the Spirit rover

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 837-842

  Christensen, P R ^a   Ruff, S W ^a   Fergason, R L ^a   Knudson, A T ^a   Anwar, S ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Bandfield, J L ^a   Blaney, D L ^c   Budney, C ^c   Calvin, W M ^d   Glotch, T D ^a   Golombek, M P ^c   Gorelick, N ^a   Graff, T G ^a   Hamilton, V E ^e   Hayes, A ^f   Johnson, J R ^g   McSween Jr , H Y ^h   Mehall, G L ^a   Mehall, L K ^a   Moersch, J E ^h   Morris, R V ⁱ   Rogers, A D ^a   Smith, M D ^j   Squyres, S W ^f   Wolff, M J ^k   Wyatt, M B ^a   more..

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k Space Science Institute ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MINIATURE THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER (MINI-TES); PIGEONITE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CRATER; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DUST; MINERALOGY; MINIATURE THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE;

CARBONATES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTERFEROMETRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MARS; MINERALS; OXIDES; SILICATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 3843114335     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100564     Document Type: Article

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54. We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all of the individuals at Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing led by S. Silverman, and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose effort and dedication have led to the successful acquisition of Mini-TES data from the surface at Gusev Crater. Funding was provided by the MER Project Science Office.