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PIA05729: Testing the Capture Magnet
This image of a model capture magnet was taken after an experiment in a Mars simulation chamber at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. It has some dust on it, but not as much as that on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's capture magnet.
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
Spirit
 Instrument:  Capture Magnet 
 Product Size:  480 x 360 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Aarhus 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05729.tif (519.2 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05729.jpg (37.04 kB)  

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This image of a model capture magnet was taken after an experiment in a Mars simulation chamber at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. It has some dust on it, but not as much as that on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's capture magnet. The capture and filter magnets on both Mars Exploration Rovers were delivered by the magnetic properties team at the Center for Planetary Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-09