Search for the Viking 2 landing site

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Oct 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976sci...194...62m&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 194, Oct. 1, 1976, p. 62-68.

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Landing Sites, Mars Landing, Mars Surface, Viking Lander 2, Craters, Data Acquisition, Mars Photographs, Soil Science, Surface Properties

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The search for the landing site of Viking 2 is reviewed, emphasizing the characteristics of the various candidate sites and reasons for rejecting unsuitable sites. It is shown that the B3 site in Utopia Planitia was selected because the B latitude band (40 to 50 deg N) was of the highest scientific interest, the site appeared to be smoothed by uniform mantling, and the additional data analysis and acquisition required to land at any other site could have resulted in a landing delay and significant additional operational complexity. It is tentatively concluded that the Viking 2 lander rests in a deflation hollow.

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