Size-Frequency Distributions of Rocks on Mars

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..431g&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 431

Mathematics

Landing Hazards, Mars, Rock Distribution, Rocks

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Predicting the size-frequency distribution of rocks at different locations on Mars is difficult owing to the limited data set (ground truth from only two sites at the surface) and yet is critical for determining potential hazards for future Mars landers. In this abstract, we review rock frequency data at the two Viking landing sites and a variety of sites on the Earth with special reference to larger rocks that could be hazardous to a lander, describe the data in terms of simple mathematical expressions, and provide a means of extrapolating the data to any location on Mars from relationships between the rock frequency curves and remote sensing data.

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