Astronomy:Cape York (Mars)
Cape York is a location on Mars, on the western rim of Endeavour crater.[1] The Opportunity rover spent about two years exploring this portion of the rim in the early 2010s before moving south.[1] The CRISM instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified clay smectites in an area of Cape York, and the rover was sent to explore this location.[1] MER-B Opportunity spend its fifth Martian Winter at Greeley Haven at Cape York, and also took a panorama at that location.[2] MER-B spent 19 weeks stationed at Greeley Haven surviving the winter and went on the move again in May 2012, to further explore Cape York.[3]
MER-B arrived at Cape York in 2011 at Odyssey crater, which is on the southern end of the feature.[4] Opportunity arrived at Endeavour crater on sol 2709 (August 9, 2011), at a landmark called Spirit Point named after its rover twin, after traversing 21 km (13 mi) from Victoria crater, over a three-year period.[5] Spirit point was the name selected for where MER-B arrived at Endeavour's Cape York, a journey which it set out on in 2008 and it arrived there in the summer of 2011.[6]
Locations and science targets at Cape York include:[7] (Alphabetically ordered:)
- Chester Lake[8]
- Esperance
- Grasberg
- Greeley Haven
- Homestake rock
- Matijevic Hill
- Monte Cristo
- Odyssey crater[4]
- Spirit Point[6]
- Tisdale 2[8]
- Whitewater Lake outcrops
- Whim Creek
South of Cape York is an area called Botany Bay.[8] Features south of Cape York include Sutherland Point, Nobby's Head, and even father south Solander Point
Location
MER-B traverse around Cape York
Locations and/or science targets at Cape York
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Matijevic Hill
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 mars.nasa.gov. "'Cape York' Explored". http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=5909&NewsInfo=59C884BFF2B8E0EFCCD70AB94F94BA55AC4A8F9603007AD4C34050FEA0D6DF97C680DCDCF6DCCA57C14093EBDFFC8B0CC3CECB0ADA4A15ECDB0AC7CC057BCE2006C8F1318E44C191824C4C.
- ↑ "NASA - 'Greeley Panorama' from Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/multimedia/pia15689.html.
- ↑ "Opportunity is a ROVER again!". http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/20120514-opportunity-is-a-rover.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Odyssey Crater on Cape York, sol 2681 (anaglyph)". http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/mars_opportunity_sol2681_odyssey-crater_anaglyph_half_howard.html.
- ↑ "NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. August 10, 2011. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20110810a.html.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "NASA - Opportunity Heads Toward 'Spirit Point'". Nasa.gov. 2011-06-08. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20110608.html. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ↑ "Mars Exploration Rovers Special Update: Opportunity's Findings at Endeavour, So Far". http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2013/05-mer-special-update-opportunitys-findings-at-endeavour-crater-so-far.html.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs Cape York, Roves to New Milestone". http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2012/06-mer-update-opportunity-digs-cape-york-roves-to-new-milestone.html.
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