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Mirror Like Things On The Pancam Bar
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post Oct 21 2005, 03:45 AM
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I have never seen an explanation for the two mirror like things at the center of the Pancam bar pancam.gif

You can see them in this picture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...ra_PIA05187.jpg

What are they used for? unsure.gif


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post Oct 21 2005, 04:16 AM
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And why are they placed at slightly different positions? unsure.gif


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post Oct 21 2005, 04:26 AM
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QUOTE (dot.dk @ Oct 21 2005, 02:16 PM)
And why are they placed at slightly different positions?  unsure.gif
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I think that is because they are opposite ways up, the one on the left has a connector on the top, the other one has one on the bottom. When these are taken it consideration they are effectively in the same position. I think the reason they they are opposite ways up is because they have side connectors to the navcams.

Looking again at the picture you sent, they must be the control for the navcams, only the CCD is inside the camera and you couldn't read the raw data out of them and all the way down the PMA into the WEB. Look at the far ends of the bar, the pancams have a similar shiny box too.

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- dot.dk   Mirror Like Things On The Pancam Bar   Oct 21 2005, 03:45 AM
- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (dot.dk @ Oct 21 2005, 01:45 PM)I have ...   Oct 21 2005, 04:10 AM
- - dot.dk   And why are they placed at slightly different posi...   Oct 21 2005, 04:16 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (dot.dk @ Oct 21 2005, 02:16 PM)And why...   Oct 21 2005, 04:26 AM
- - djellison   They're the pancam and navcam electronics boxe...   Oct 21 2005, 09:04 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Ahh-Ha! That surely is it. Nice find, Doug. ...   Oct 22 2005, 06:22 AM

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