[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Imaged by Opportunity Rover

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:05:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200907312105.n6VL5XdY001024_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2251

Possible Meteorite Imaged by Opportunity Rover
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
July 31, 2009

The Opportunity rover has eyed an odd-shaped, dark rock, about 0.6
meters (2 feet) across on the surface of Mars, which may be a meteorite.

The team spotted the rock called "Block Island," on July 18, 2009, in
the opposite direction from which it was driving. The rover then
backtracked some 250 meters (820 feet) to study it closer.

Scientists will be testing the rock with the alpha particle X-ray
spectrometer to get composition measurements and to confirm if indeed it
is a meteorite.

Media Contact: Guy Webster 818-354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif. guy.webster at jpl.nasa.gov
Received on Fri 31 Jul 2009 05:05:33 PM PDT