[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update - October 21-27, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 21:16:17 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201511090516.tA95GHeo024905_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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.
Received on Mon 09 Nov 2015 12:16:17 AM PST