Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994lpi....25...83b&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., The Twenty-Fifth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-G p 83-84 (SEE N94-35395 11-91)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Absorption Spectra, Hematite, High Resolution, Infrared Spectra, Mars (Planet), Mars Surface, Planetary Composition, Visible Spectrum, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Charge Coupled Devices, Spatial Distribution, Spectral Resolution, Spectrographs
Scientific paper
The 0.4 to 1.0 micron spectrum of Mars is dominated by a steep red, relatively featureless spectral slope. Earlier lower spectral observations interpreted the red color and the lack of absorption features in the spectra as evidence of poorly crystalline ferric oxide minerals. More recent higher spectral resolution observations and reinterpretations of older data sets have revealed measureable spectral structure, however. For example, absorption features near 0.65 and 0.86 micron were detected and spatially mapped in data obtained during the 1988 opposition. These absorptions were interpreted as evidence for crystalline hematite on Mars, occuring as an accessory phase in abundances of 3 to 6 percent in the soil. We are attempting to verify the existence of these subtle crystalline Fe(3+) absorption features and to map their spatial distribution in regions of the planet not imaged in 1988. During the 1990 opposition, we obtained imaging spectroscopic data of Mars from the University of Hawaii 2.24 m telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory. The data were obtained with the Wide Field Grism Spectrograph (WFGS), which uses an 800 x 800 CCD and a transmission grating ruled on a prism. We used a grating blazed at 4800 A in first order to obtain data from 0.50 to 0.94 micron at a spectral resolution of R = 200 to 350. The moon/Mars slit design used had projected dimensions of 0.29 x 153 inches, allowing for high spectral resolution and adequate cross-slit spatial sampling of the Martian disk.
Bell James Francis III
Bornhoeft Karl
Lucey Paul G.
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