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Scientific paper
Dec 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976sci...194.1309s&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 194, Dec. 17, 1976, p. 1309-1318.
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Landing Sites, Mars Photographs, Mars Surface, Rocks, Viking Lander 2, Fines, Mosaics, Soil Erosion, Spacecraft Design, Surface Properties, Viking Mars Program
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Forty-six days after Viking 1 landed, Viking 2 landed in Utopia Planitia, about 6500 kilometers away from the landing site of Viking 1. Images show that in the immediate vicinity of the Viking 2 landing site the surface is covered with rocks, some of which are partially buried, and fine-grained materials. The surface sampler, the lander cameras, engineering sensors, and some data from the other lander experiments were used to investigate the properties of the surface. Lander 2 has a more homogeneous surface, more coarse-grained material, an extensive crust, small rocks or clods which seem to be difficult to collect, and more extensive erosion by the retroengine exhaust gases than lander 1. A report on the physical properties of the Martian surface based on data obtained through sol 58 on Viking 2 and a brief description of activities on Viking 1 after sol 36 are given.
Hutton R. E.
Moore J. II H.
Scott Ronald F.
Shorthill Richard W.
Spitzer R. C.
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