Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999msls.work...74p&link_type=abstract
Second Mars Surveyor Landing Site Workshop, p. 74
Mathematics
Logic
Mars Surveyor 2001 Mission, Landing Sites, Site Selection, Mars Surface, Albedo, Hazards, Surface Roughness
Scientific paper
Our objective is to propose a landing site that the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander and Curie Rover could go to on Mars that should meet the safety requirements of the spacecraft landing system and optimize surface operations (chiefly driven by power and communications requirements). This site lies between 1.5-3.5 deg S latitude, 195-198 deg W longitude, along a sharp albedo contact between the low-viscosity flow units of southern Elysium Planitia and the eroded highlands margin east of Aeolis Mensae. A relatively-bright "peninsula-like" protrusion of the eroded highlands into the south Elysium plains in this area reminds us of the head of an Ibis, and so we nickname this site "Ibishead Peninsula". This site is designed to be situated as close to a diversity of geologic units within view of the lander instruments. Based on our experience with the visibility of horizon details from the Mars Pathfinder and Viking landing sites, we stipulate that for horizon features to be resolved suitably for detailed study from the lander, they must be no more than several kilometers distant. This is so that diversity can be placed in a geologic context in a region that we feel has some exciting science potential. This objective is different from the Mars Pathfinder requirement to land at a site with a maximum chance for containing a diversity of rocks within a few tens of meters of the lander, which resulted in the selection of a "grab bag" site.
Parker Timothy J.
Rice James W. Jr.
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