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Glenelg, Mars (or ''Glenelg Intrigue'') is a location on
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traverse map
of the ''Curiosity'' rover on Mars (1 August 2013)
3-D
. Image:PIA16150 fig1-Mars Curiosity Rover-Glenelg Terrain.jpg, ''Curiositys view of the ''Glenelg Area'' – where three terrains merge (19 September 2012). Image:PIA16237-MarsCuriosityRover-BurwashRock-20121029.jpg, "
Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On Mars - September, 2012
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Glenelg, Mars (or ''Glenelg Intrigue'') is a location on Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...
near the Mars Science Laboratory
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed ''Curiosity'', a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The overall objectives include investigati ...
(''Curiosity rover
''Curiosity'' is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Gale crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. ''Curiosity'' was launched from Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) on November 26, 2011, at 15:02:00 UTC and lan ...
'') landing site (Bradbury Landing) in Gale Crater
Gale is a crater, and probable dry lake, at in the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle on Mars. It is in diameter and estimated to be about 3.5–3.8 billion years old. The crater was named after Walter Frederick Gale, an amateur ast ...
marked by a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin wo ...
.
Name
The location was named ''Glenelg'' by NASA scientists for two reasons: all features in the immediate vicinity were given names associated withYellowknife
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...
in northern Canada
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, and Glenelg is the name of a geological feature there. Furthermore, the name is a palindrome, and as the ''Curiosity'' rover is planned to visit the location twice (once coming, and once going) this was an appealing feature for the name. The original Glenelg is a village in Scotland which on 20 October 2012 had a ceremony, including a live link to NASA, to celebrate their "twinning" with Glenelg on Mars.
The trek to Glenelg will send the rover east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target.
Images
traverse map
of the ''Curiosity'' rover on Mars (1 August 2013)
3-D
. Image:PIA16150 fig1-Mars Curiosity Rover-Glenelg Terrain.jpg, ''Curiositys view of the ''Glenelg Area'' – where three terrains merge (19 September 2012). Image:PIA16237-MarsCuriosityRover-BurwashRock-20121029.jpg, "
Burwash
Burwash, archaically known as Burghersh, is a rural village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. Situated in the High Weald of Sussex some 15 miles (24 km) inland from the port of Hastings, it is located five ...
" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the ''Curiosity'' rover (29 October 2012).
Image:PIA16236-MarsCuriosityRover-EtThenRock-20121029.jpg, " Et-Then" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the ''Curiosity'' rover (29 October 2012).
Image:PIA16550-MarsCuriosityRover-ShalerOutcrop-20121207.jpg, " Shaler" rock outcrop
An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.
Features
Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most places the bedrock or superficia ...
near the ''Glenelg Area'' on Mars - as viewed by the MastCam on the ''Curiosity'' rover (7 December 2012).
See also
*Aeolis Mons
Mount Sharp, officially Aeolis Mons (), is a mountain on Mars. It forms the central peak within Gale (crater), Gale crater and is located around , rising high from the valley floor. Its ID in the United States Geological Survey's Gazetteer of ...
* Aeolis Palus
*Aeolis quadrangle
The Aeolis quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Aeolis quadrangle is also referred to as MC-23 (Mars Chart-23).
The Aeolis quadrangle c ...
* Bedrock
*Composition of Mars
The composition of Mars covers the branch of the geology of Mars that describes the make-up of the planet Mars.
Elemental composition
Mars is differentiated, which—for a terrestrial planet—implies that it has a central core made up of me ...
*Geology of Mars
The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars. It emphasizes the composition, structure, history, and physical processes that shape the planet. It is analogous to the field of terrestrial geo ...
*List of rocks on Mars
This is an alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list is a sampling of rocks viewed, and is not an exhaustive listing. A more complete listing may be found on the various NASA mission web sites. This lis ...
*Rock outcrop
An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.
Features
Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most places the bedrock or superficia ...
*Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory
The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover, ''Curiosity'', were launched from Earth on November 26, 2011. As of , , ''Curiosity'' has been on the planet Mars for sols ( total days; ') since landing on August 6, 2012. ''(See Current statu ...
*Water on Mars
Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. What was thought to be low-volume liquid brines in shallow Martian soil, also called recurrent slope lineae, may be grains of ...
References
External links
Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On Mars - September, 2012
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