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| Location | Endeavour Crater,Meridiani Planum |
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| Coordinates | 2°13′45″S5°21′02″W / 2.22923°S 5.35068°W /-2.22923; -5.35068 |
| Discoverer | Opportunity Rover |
| Eponym | Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947-2012),NASAEngineer.[1] |
Matijevic Hill, named afterAmericanNASAengineerJacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is ahill located on "Cape York", itself on the western rim ofEndeavour Crater lying within theMargaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of theplanet Mars. It was discovered by theOpportunity rover, and named by NASA on September 28, 2012.[1] The "approximate" site coordinates are:2°13′45″S5°21′02″W / 2.22923°S 5.35068°W /-2.22923; -5.35068.
The hill includes arock outcrop calledKirkwood, where Opportunity found a concentration of small spherical features. It also includes an area whereclay minerals have been detected from orbiter observations.[2]
Features onMars visited byOpportunity | ||
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