  Images taken by theCuriosity rover (September 30, 2012). (Above)Context view area 16 cm (6.3 in) x 12 cm (4.7 in);[1] (Below)Close-Up view area 3.3 cm (1.3 in) x 2.5 cm (0.98 in).[2] | |
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| Coordinates | 4°35′S137°26′E / 4.59°S 137.44°E /-4.59; 137.44 |
Bathurst Inlet is a rock on the surface ofAeolis Palus, betweenPeace Vallis andAeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp"), inGale crater on the planetMars. The rock was encountered by theCuriosity rover on the way fromBradbury Landing toGlenelg Intrigue on September 30, 2012[1][2] and was named afterBathurst Inlet, a deep inlet located along thenorthern coast of the Canadian mainland. The "approximate" site coordinates are:4°35′S137°26′E / 4.59°S 137.44°E /-4.59; 137.44.
TheNASA rover team had assessed the rock to be a suitable target for one of the first uses ofCuriosity's contact instruments, theMars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and theAlpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS).[1][2] The rock is dark gray and seems to contain grains or crystals, if any at all, that are finer thanCuriosity's cameras can resolve: less than 80 μm in size.[1][2]
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