Phoenix science results, Beginning with December 2008 AGU meeting |
Phoenix science results, Beginning with December 2008 AGU meeting |
Dec 15 2008, 09:22 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I figured it was time for a new thread, since we finally seem to be getting some science results out of Phoenix. The press release should be out shortly.
First numerical result I've heard was given by Peter Smith at today's press briefing at AGU: TEGA found that the soil is composed of 5% calcium carbonate, which is a significant result. Hopefully more will hit the Web soon -- post here when the links go up! --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Dec 17 2008, 03:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I agree, Marsbug - I also noticed that change in the interpretation of the results and I'm curious about the details too.
If you haven't noticed it, a plot of "simplified" data from TECP was presented yesterday. Perhaps this gives us a clue. To my eye there's no clear anticorrelation between the atmospheric and soil measurements - there are peaks in the soil measurement during the day. Perhaps a sign that there's some non-trivial dynamics going on here - more than just a simple "soil at night" and "air during the day" cycle? I wouldn't describe it as "hopelessly pedantic", just being curious about the scientific process... |
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