Physical Properties of Potential Mars Landing Sites from MGS TES-Derived Thermal Inertia

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Jan 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001mers.work...43j&link_type=abstract

First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, p. 43

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Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Surface, Landing Sites, Spectrometers, Thermal Emission, Surface Properties, Thermal Mapping, Geomorphology, Mars Missions

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We are mapping thermal inertia at approximately 3-km spatial resolution for selected regions of Mars that are of potential biological relevance, using observations made by the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer. The sites that we examined include potential landing sites as well as other locations that can help us to understand the nature and distribution of surface properties. Thermal inertia is a direct indicator of physical properties of the surface at the same decimeter-to-meter scale to which a lander or rover is sensitive. Our goal here is to understand landing site safety and science potential for upcoming lander, rover, and sample-return spacecraft missions.

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