RAT magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500

Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011

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RAT magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500. / Leer, Kristoffer; Goetz, Walter; Chan, Marjorie A.; Gorevan, Steven; Hansen, Mikkel Fougt; Jensen, Christian Lundmand; Kletetschka, Gunther; Kusack, Alastair; Madsen, Morten Bo.

In: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, 2011, p. E00F18.

Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011

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Leer, Kristoffer; Goetz, Walter; Chan, Marjorie A.; Gorevan, Steven; Hansen, Mikkel Fougt; Jensen, Christian Lundmand; Kletetschka, Gunther; Kusack, Alastair; Madsen, Morten Bo / RAT magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500.

In: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, 2011, p. E00F18.

Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011

Bibtex

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title = "RAT magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500",

publisher = "American Geophysical Union",

author = "Kristoffer Leer and Walter Goetz and Chan, {Marjorie A.} and Steven Gorevan and Hansen, {Mikkel Fougt} and Jensen, {Christian Lundmand} and Gunther Kletetschka and Alastair Kusack and Madsen, {Morten Bo}",

year = "2011",

volume = "116",

pages = "E00F18",

journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research",

issn = "0148-0227",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - RAT magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500

A1 - Leer,Kristoffer

A1 - Goetz,Walter

A1 - Chan,Marjorie A.

A1 - Gorevan,Steven

A1 - Hansen,Mikkel Fougt

A1 - Jensen,Christian Lundmand

A1 - Kletetschka,Gunther

A1 - Kusack,Alastair

A1 - Madsen,Morten Bo

AU - Leer,Kristoffer

AU - Goetz,Walter

AU - Chan,Marjorie A.

AU - Gorevan,Steven

AU - Hansen,Mikkel Fougt

AU - Jensen,Christian Lundmand

AU - Kletetschka,Gunther

AU - Kusack,Alastair

AU - Madsen,Morten Bo

PB - American Geophysical Union

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers was designed to collect dust from rocks ground by the RAT of the two rovers on the surface of Mars. The dust collected on the magnets is now a mixture of dust from many grindings. Here the new data from the experiment are presented. The findings from Mars are furthermore compared to simulation experiments performed on Earth. New experiments with analog rocks that mainly contain hematite indicate the likely presence of a stronger magnetic phase besides hematite in the outcrop rock formations found on Meridiani Planum, a phase which was hitherto not detected by other measurements (such as Mossbauer) on these rocks.

AB - The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) magnet experiment on the Mars Exploration Rovers was designed to collect dust from rocks ground by the RAT of the two rovers on the surface of Mars. The dust collected on the magnets is now a mixture of dust from many grindings. Here the new data from the experiment are presented. The findings from Mars are furthermore compared to simulation experiments performed on Earth. New experiments with analog rocks that mainly contain hematite indicate the likely presence of a stronger magnetic phase besides hematite in the outcrop rock formations found on Meridiani Planum, a phase which was hitherto not detected by other measurements (such as Mossbauer) on these rocks.

U2 - 10.1029/2010JE003667

DO - 10.1029/2010JE003667

JO - Journal of Geophysical Research

JF - Journal of Geophysical Research

SN - 0148-0227

VL - 116

SP - E00F18

ER -