PIA01017: Pyroxene at Syrtis Major
An abundance of pyroxene at Syrtis Major on Mars is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
 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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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