Mineralogy of the Phoenix Landing Sites from the Omega-mex Imaging Spectrometer
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Introduction: OMEGA-MEx has targeted the three PHOENIX landing sites during the early 2004 summer (Ls=90°-110°). Amongst the primary goals of these observations, there were to detect water ice exposures, identify the presence of altered minerals such as phyllosilicates and/or sulfates, estimate the surface hydration, and check anomalies in the thermal properties. The results for the three landing sites A,B,C are presented.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006