Link is a mountain outcrop found by the Curiosity rover in September 2012. The outcrop is located on the plain of Aeolis Palus , lying between the Valley of the World and Mount Eolida , in the crater of Gale , on the planet Mars [1] [2] [3] . The approximate coordinates of the center are . The nudity was discovered by the Curiosity rover in the Bradbury Landing area on September 2, 2012 (27 sol missions). The outcrop is named after an extensive rock formation (and lake ) in the Northwest Territory , Canada .
The outcrop contains well- sorted conglomerate gravel , with surprisingly rounded, smooth pebbles . Sometimes, pebbles can reach several centimeters across, and can be buried in a heap among smaller rounded particles that can reach up to a centimeter across. This structure was defined as river sediment, which for a long time formed in the actively flowing stream. This stream is part of an ancient alluvial stream that descended from steep slopes at the edge of Gale Crater [2] .
Martian and terrestrial (right) gravel
Link and other mountain outcrops from the orbit of Mars , MRO , September 27, 2012
See also
- List of stones on Mars
- Hydrosphere of Mars
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed On Martian Surface . NASA (September 27, 2012). Date of treatment September 28, 2012. Archived May 16, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Old Streambed on Mars -video (51:40) unspecified . NASAtelevision (September 27, 2012). Date of treatment September 28, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Chang, Alicia Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream (link not available) . AP News (September 27, 2012). Date of treatment September 27, 2012. Archived May 16, 2013.