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PIA02056: Hematite Map (TES)
Hematite Map (TES)
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Product Size: 2700 samples x 1760 lines
Produced By: Arizona State University
Addition Date: 1999-06-23
Primary Data Set: MGS EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02056.tif (1.342 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02056.jpg (592.3 kB)

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Spectral characteristics indicate the occurrence of relatively-coarsely crystalline hematite over a large area near 0o latitude and 0o longitude.


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NASA/JPL/ASU

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