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PIA05197: Moessbauer on Mars
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Moessbauer Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  512 x 512 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05197.tif (226.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05197.jpg (28.86 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 Moessbauer 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