A Pre-Landing Assessment of Regolith Properties at the InSight Landing Site
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DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0537-y
Abstract: This article discusses relevant physical properties of the regolith at the Mars InSight landing site as understood prior to landing of the spacecraft. InSight will land in the northern lowland plains of Mars, close to… read more here.
Keywords: insight landing; physical properties; properties include; regolith ... See more keywords
Color Properties at the Mars InSight Landing Site
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DOI: 10.1029/2020ea001336
Abstract: The color properties observed at the InSight landing site by the lander cameras are spectral mixtures of two source materials: gray‐black rocky material with chromaticity values of x = 0.32, y = 0.32 (standard deviations… read more here.
Keywords: color properties; landing site; color; insight landing ... See more keywords
Subsurface Structure at the InSight Landing Site From Compliance Measurements by Seismic and Meteorological Experiments
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DOI: 10.1029/2020je006387
Abstract: Measurements of ground compliance at the InSight landing site—describing the surface response to pressure loading—are obtained from seismic and meteorological data. Compliance observations show an increase with frequency indicating the presence of a stiffer rock… read more here.
Keywords: subsurface structure; insight landing; compliance; seismic meteorological ... See more keywords