Magnetic properties experiments on the Mars exploration rover Spirit at Gusev crater

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 827-829

  Bertelsen, P ^a   Goetz, W ^a   Madsen, M B ^a   Kinch, K M ^b   Hviid, S F ^c   Knudsen, J M ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^b   Merrison, J ^b   Nornberg P ^b   Squyres, S W ^d   Bell III, J F ^d   Herkenhoff, K E ^e   Gorevan, S ^f   Yen, A S ^g   Myrick, T ^f   Klingelhofer G ^h   Rieder, R ⁱ   Gellert, R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d Department of Astronomy ^*  (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; FERRIMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MINERALS; PLANETARY LANDERS; ROCKS;

GUSEV CRATER, MARS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNETITE; WATER;

CRATER; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MAGNETICS; MARS; MINERALS; OXIDES; WATER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 3843150331     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100112     Document Type: Article

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17. We are grateful for help from the skillful and dedicated Pancam team, particularly M. J. Johnson, J. Proton, H. M. Arneson, and E. McCartney. The "rover drivers" C. Leger, S. Maxwell, and E. Baumgartner made invaluable contributions to imaging of the RAT magnets. We also thank DELTA Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustics, who performed vibration testing and qualification certification of our flight instruments at no cost to the project, and the Danish Science Research Agency and the Thomas B. Thrige Foundation for the financial support that made our participation possible. We thank our colleagues at our own laboratory, particularly at the workshop, for their undivided dedication to this project.