Santa Maria! |
Santa Maria! |
Dec 15 2010, 11:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
think it deserves a topic on its own
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Mar 1 2011, 03:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Here are a couple of those tidbits:
QUOTE Since CRISM detected the hydrated sulfate at Santa Maria, the CRISM team has homed in on Victoria Crater and detected the same signature where the rover had been and found hydrated sulfate. "We've never seen this signature before over Victoria with CRISM, because we never had an oversampled observation where we were taking 6 meter samples alongtrack with 18 meter pixels. So now we've detecting this signature in two places we've been," Arvidson confirmed. So this says that there actually isn't something unique about Santa Maria, at least as far as the CRISM signature goes.And nothing too surprising about the upcoming plans: QUOTE From Ruiz Garcia, the plans calls for Opportunity to drive another 20 to 30 meters further to the northeast to a chosen waypoint, where it will take some final stereo images of the interior of the crater. The scientists hope to combine all the stereo images the rover took here and create a 3-D map of Santa Maria. "Then we'll start heading for the hills," said Arvidson.
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Mar 1 2011, 04:08 PM
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So this says that there actually isn't something unique about Santa Maria, at least as far as the CRISM signature goes. Not unique, but that makes it more interesting. QUOTE And there's more. Arvidson said CRISM has also detected the same hydrated sulfate signature in a fresh, 2.2 kilometer-diameter crater, dubbed Ada, some 100 kilometers (62.13 miles) to the southeast. "And we see it in the northern part of Meridiani in the valley, so the detection is there. It's real," he underscored. Ada Crater. I'm trying to figure out where they saw hydrated sulfate at Victoria; I can't find anything about that. |
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Mar 1 2011, 05:41 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I'm trying to figure out where they saw hydrated sulfate at Victoria; I can't find anything about that. I took that to mean they'd looked at Victoria after Oppy's visit and detected hydrated sulfates..? -------------------- |
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Mar 1 2011, 05:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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Mar 1 2011, 11:26 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Hmm, could be. Now that I read it again, it's not exactly clear on that point. It's been clarified on the Update now -------------------- |
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Mar 2 2011, 12:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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