Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jgre..108.8071m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 108, Issue E12, pp. ROV 12-1, CiteID 8071, DOI 10.1029/2003JE002077
Physics
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Planetology: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetology: Solar System Objects: Instruments And Techniques, Planetary Sciences: Remote Sensing
Scientific paper
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission will place a total of 20 cameras (10 per rover) onto the surface of Mars in early 2004. Fourteen of the 20 cameras are designated as engineering cameras and will support the operation of the vehicles on the Martian surface. Images returned from the engineering cameras will also be of significant importance to the scientific community for investigative studies of rock and soil morphology. The Navigation cameras (Navcams, two per rover) are a mast-mounted stereo pair each with a 45° square field of view (FOV) and an angular resolution of 0.82 milliradians per pixel (mrad/pixel). The Hazard Avoidance cameras (Hazcams, four per rover) are a body-mounted, front- and rear-facing set of stereo pairs, each with a 124° square FOV and an angular resolution of 2.1 mrad/pixel. The Descent camera (one per rover), mounted to the lander, has a 45° square FOV and will return images with spatial resolutions of ~4 m/pixel. All of the engineering cameras utilize broadband visible filters and 1024 × 1024 pixel detectors.
Alexander Dave
Baumgartner E.
Bell Jon F.
Brown Daniel
Collins Alex
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