PIA02056: Hematite Map (TES)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows spectral characteristics that indicate the occurrence of relatively-coarsely crystalline hematite over a large area near 0° latitude and 0° longitude on Mars.
 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:  2700 x 1760 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Arizona State University 
 Addition Date:  1999-06-23 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02056.tif (1.342 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02056.jpg (592.3 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Spectral characteristics indicate the occurrence of relatively-coarsely crystalline hematite over a large area near 0° latitude and 0° longitude.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
1999-06-23