In Brief: Ice at Mars lander site

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Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008eostr..89s.243s&link_type=abstract

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 89, Issue 27, p. 243-243

Physics

Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Ices, Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Instruments And Techniques

Scientific paper

Eight dice-sized bits of ice vanished within 4 days from a trench dug on Mars by the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix lander, confirming what scientists suspected the material was. ``It must be ice,'' said mission principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. ``These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days: that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that,'' he said.

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