Viking magnetic properties investigation - Further results

Details Viking magnetic properties investigation - Further results Viking magnetic properties investigation - Further results

Dec 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976sci...194.1303h&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 194, Dec. 17, 1976, p. 1303-1309. NASA-supported research.

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Landing Sites, Magnetic Properties, Magnets, Mars Surface, Viking Lander Spacecraft, Magnetic Materials, Reflectance, Soils, Spectrophotometry, Viking Mars Program

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The amounts of magnetic particles held on the reference test chart and backhoe magnets on lander 2 and lander 1 are comparable, indicating the presence of an estimated 3 to 7 percent by weight of relatively pure, strongly magnetic particles in the soil at the lander 2 sampling site. Preliminary spectrophotometric analysis of the material held on the backhoe magnets on lander 1 indicates that its reflectance characteristics are indistinguishable from material within a sampling trench with which it has been compared. The material on the RTC magnet shows a different spectrum, but it is suspected that the difference is the result of a reflectance contribution from the magnesium metal covering on the magnet. It is argued that the results indicate the presence, now or originally, of magnetite, which may be titaniferous.

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