Study of Opportunity Wheel Scuff Continues by Staff Writers Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 07, 2016
Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, investigating outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. The rover is continuing to examine a previously trenched (scuffed) surface. On Sol 4385 (May 25, 2016), Opportunity collected some more targeted Panoramic Camera (Pancam) 13-filter images and continued with an Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) integration on the surface target. Then, on Sol 4386 (May 26, 2016), Opportunity bumped ever so slightly (about 1 cm) in order to reach a particular yellow pebble in the trenched area. The rover collected more targeted 13-filter Pancam images. And then on Sol 4389 (May 29, 2016), Opportunity used the robotic arm (IDD) to collect a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic of the yellow pebble and to position the APXS just above the pebble (since it was too small to make a contact placement). More targeted color Pancam images have been collected over the subsequent sols. As of Sol 4391 (May 31, 2016), the solar array energy production is 643 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.566 and a solar array dust factor of 0.738. Total odometry is 26.59 miles (42.79 kilometers), more than a marathon.
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