The new Athena alpha particle X-ray spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rovers
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Autonomous Rovers for Mars Exploration
1 Caelum Research Corporation at NASA Ames Research Center 2 University of Washington 3 Carnegie Mellon University ABSTRACT—The Pathfinder mission demonstrated the potential for robotic Mars exploration but at the same time indicated the need for more robust rover autonomy. Future planned missions call for long traverses over unknown terrain, robust navigation and instrument placement, and reli...
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A computer code, based upon the existing GUPIX code for PIXE analysis, has been developed to fit X-ray spectra that are excited simultaneously by both XRF and PIXE. Full matrix corrections for both excitation modes are included, and element concentrations are deduced. The code is intended for eventual use in processing spectra from the alpha-particle X-ray spectrometers aboard the Mars Explorat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002150