Analysis of all existing radar data for the two Mars Exploration Rover (MER) landing sites at Meridiani Planum and Gusev Crater suggest that their meter-scale morphological appearance will be noticeably different than previous Mars landing sites; their human-scale, decimeter-to meter-scale roughness is not the same as for previous Mars landing sites. We make this prediction based on a comparison of the MER landing sites.
Gusev and Meridiani Will Look Different: Radar Scattering Properties of the Mars Exploration Rover Landing Sites
Sixth International Conference on Mars ; 2003 ; Pasadena, CA, US
2003-07-25
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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