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Cerimonia Inaugurale SRT
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21 DICEMBRE 2016 ore 15:00
Colloquium
Curiosity Rover on Mars: Overview of the results obtained during the last 3 years at Gale Center
Dr. Agnes Cousin, IRAP (Francia)
Figure: a selfie from last January of the rover taken by the MAHLI imager. On this picture the ChemCam instrument can be seen, this was developed in collaboration between Toulouse (France) and Los Alamos (New Mexico).
Abstract:
The Curiosity Rover landed in Gale crater for more than 4 years now. It drove ~ 15 Km from its landing site, up to Mount Sharp, which is a mountain located in the center of the crater, that rises >5 Km high. The ChemCam instrument is an instrument from the French/US collaboration, that uses the LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) technique for the first time in planetary science. This instrument gives the opportunity to get the chemical composition of rocks and soils that are up to 7 m from the rover. This instrument acquired data on more than 1500 targets, corresponding to >6000 images and > 400000 spectra.
During the seminar, I will present the main objectives of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, the ChemCam instrument, as well as the main results from the mission.
Abstract:
The Curiosity Rover landed in Gale crater for more than 4 years now. It drove ~ 15 Km from its landing site, up to Mount Sharp, which is a mountain located in the center of the crater, that rises >5 Km high. The ChemCam instrument is an instrument from the French/US collaboration, that uses the LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) technique for the first time in planetary science. This instrument gives the opportunity to get the chemical composition of rocks and soils that are up to 7 m from the rover. This instrument acquired data on more than 1500 targets, corresponding to >6000 images and > 400000 spectra.
During the seminar, I will present the main objectives of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, the ChemCam instrument, as well as the main results from the mission.