Detail View: NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection: Sojourner Rover View of Shark and Half Dome
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Title:
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Sojourner Rover View of Shark and Half Dome
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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The rounded knobs (arrows) up to 3 or 4 cm wide on Shark (left; approximately 70 cm wide)) and Half Dome (upper right) and in the foreground could be pebbles in a cemented matrix of clays, silts, and sands; such rocks are called conglomerates. Well-rounded objects like these were not seen at the Viking sites. NOTE: original caption as published in Science Magazine. Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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Other Information:
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Addition Date:
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1998-01-07
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Produced By:
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JPL
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Mission:
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Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
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Spacecraft:
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Mars Pathfinder Rover
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Target Name:
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Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Rover Cameras
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Product Size:
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370 samples x 288 lines
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Primary Data Set:
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MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
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Producer ID:
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P49704 MRPS86810
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facet_what:
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MPF
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facet_where:
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California
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facet_when:
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December, 1997
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facet_when_year:
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1997
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Image #:
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PIA01134
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01134
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original url:
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01134
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