OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: A Week of Imaging From South Side of Valley - sols 4174-4180, October 21, 2015-October 27, 2015
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater conducting a valley floor survey for clay minerals. >From a location on the south side of the valley, the rover has been conducting a campaign of Panoramic (Pancam) Camera color imaging of Marathon Valley with panorama frames collected on Sols 4175, 4177 and 4180 (Oct. 22, Oct. 24 and Oct. 27, 2015). The rover has also been conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign at the current location. On Sols 4175, 4177 and 4180, using the robotic arm, Opportunity collected a 2x2 Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic followed by the placement of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on a different surface target. On Sols 4177, 4178 and 4179 (Oct. 24, Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, 2015), additional readouts of Flash Bank 7 were performed. As of Sol 4180 (Oct. 27, 2015), the solar array energy production was 332 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.539 and a solar array dust factor of 0.576. Total odometry is 26.48 miles (42.62 kilometers), more than a marathon. ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
