PIA05558: Footprints from Above


Footprints from Above

Caption:

The white boxes in this figure indicate the "footprints" of the Mars Global Surveyor thermal emission spectrometer data over the Opportunity landing site, indicated by a black dot. The footprints to the left of the site were acquired as the spacecraft approached. The line through the rover (shown by a dot), was acquired as the spacecraft passed overhead. The footprints to the right were acquired as the orbiter's instrument looked backward during departure.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Mars Global Surveyor Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-03-13
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05558
Identifier PIA05558