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Elias
post Oct 20 2006, 05:32 PM
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Spirit is sitting on a region of strong crustal magnetization on Mars. Auroral events have been thought to occur at these regions (as suggested from Mars Express ASPERA-3 and SPICAM data and MGS Electron Reflectrometer data)

Is there a chance that spirit is switched on for some time during the night to look for possible aurorla emissions or something like this is unlikely (due to power constraints)?
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post Oct 22 2006, 04:34 PM
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Earth has strong auroral emission in the UV too. What do we expect in the visible or near IR at Mars?
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- Elias   Aurora   Oct 20 2006, 05:32 PM
- - djellison   Well - the power constraints would preclude it for...   Oct 20 2006, 08:43 PM
- - edstrick   Some future rover or lander should include a sky-c...   Oct 21 2006, 10:50 AM
- - fredk   As far as power, Spirit had power to spare last Ma...   Oct 22 2006, 12:35 AM
- - edstrick   Mars Express's observations of mag anomaly rel...   Oct 22 2006, 10:48 AM
- - fredk   Earth has strong auroral emission in the UV too. ...   Oct 22 2006, 04:34 PM

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