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PIA01017: Pyroxene at Syrtis Major
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Thermal Emission Spectrometer 
 Product Size:  1409 x 1091 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Arizona State University
 Producer ID:  MRPS85516
 Addition Date:  1997-11-10
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01017.tif (1.821 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01017.jpg (127.5 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
1997-11-10