bathurst, inlet, rock, bathurst, inlet, rock, surface, aeolis, palus, between, peace, vallis, aeolis, mons, mount, sharp, gale, crater, planet, mars, rock, encountered, curiosity, rover, from, bradbury, landing, glenelg, intrigue, september, 2012, named, after. Bathurst Inlet is a rock on the surface of Aeolis Palus between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons Mount Sharp in Gale crater on the planet Mars The rock was encountered by the Curiosity rover on the way from Bradbury Landing to Glenelg Intrigue on September 30 2012 1 2 and was named after Bathurst Inlet a deep inlet located along the northern coast of the Canadian mainland The approximate site coordinates are 4 35 S 137 26 E 4 59 S 137 44 E 4 59 137 44 Bathurst Inlet RockImages taken by the Curiosity rover September 30 2012 Above Context view area 16 cm 6 3 in x 12 cm 4 7 in 1 Below Close Up view area 3 3 cm 1 3 in x 2 5 cm 0 98 in 2 Feature typeRockCoordinates4 35 S 137 26 E 4 59 S 137 44 E 4 59 137 44 The Curiosity rover inspecting Bathurst Inlet rock on Mars The NASA rover team had assessed the rock to be a suitable target for one of the first uses of Curiosity s contact instruments the Mars Hand Lens Imager MAHLI and the Alpha particle X ray spectrometer APXS 1 2 The rock is dark gray and seems to contain grains or crystals if any at all that are finer than Curiosity s cameras can resolve less than 80 mm in size 1 2 See also editAeolis quadrangle Composition of Mars Geology of Mars List of rocks on Mars Timeline of Mars Science LaboratoryReferences edit a b c d Dunbar Brian Gelicius Tony October 2 2012 Bathurst Inlet Rock on Curiosity s Sol 54 Context View NASA Retrieved October 11 2012 a b c d Dunbar Brian Greicius Tony October 1 2012 Bathurst Inlet Rock on Curiosity s Sol 54 Close Up View NASA Retrieved October 11 2012 External links editCuriosity Rover Official Site NASA Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification Notable rocks on Mars nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Adirondack Spirit Barnacle Bill Sojourner Bathurst Inlet Curiosity Big Joe Viking Block Island Opportunity M Bounce Opportunity Coronation Curiosity El Capitan Opportunity nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Esperance Opportunity Goulburn Curiosity Heat Shield Opportunity M Home Plate Spirit Hottah Curiosity Jake Matijevic Curiosity Last Chance Opportunity Link Curiosity nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Mackinac Island Opportunity M Mimi Spirit Oilean Ruaidh Opportunity M Pot of Gold Spirit Rocknest 3 Curiosity Shelter Island Opportunity M Tintina Curiosity Yogi Sojourner nbsp M Meteorite This box viewtalkedit Portal nbsp Solar System nbsp This article about the planet Mars or its moons is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bathurst Inlet rock amp oldid 1115021830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
