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Opportunity Investigates 'Marquette' And 'Islington Bay'
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2009 Opportunity Status for sol 2076-2079: Opportunity has been investigating the rock known as "Marquette Island." On Sol 2076 (Nov. 25, 2009), the robotic arm (IDD) placed the Moessbauer (MB) spectrometer on a rock target called "Islington Bay" for a long, multi-sol integration. With the temporary loss of relay operations for a few sols because of the Odyssey spacecraft safe-mode, Opportunity has limited the collection of other science data and continued with the low-data volume MB integrations. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) elevation mirror shroud is being opened when appropriate with the expectation of eventual dust cleaning. No dust cleaning of the Mini-TES mirror has been noted yet. As of Sol 2079 (Nov. 28, 2009), the solar array energy production was 360 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (tau) of 0.508 and a dust factor of 0.529. Total odometry was 18,906.82 meters (11.75 miles). Share This Article With Planet Earth
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