PIA05196: X-ray Machine on Mars
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.'
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer 
Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  512 x 512 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05196.tif (219.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05196.jpg (28.59 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken at Meridiani Planum, Mars by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or "arm." The image was acquired on the ninth martian day or sol of the rover's mission.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-02