Saturday, January 8, 2011

Ouhang Bureau "Mars Express" found near the Martian equator, excess iron oxide

Keywords: European Space Agency's Mars Express probe Mars Equator excess iron oxide

World Science report [tech.]: European Space Agency announced on 19 March, ouhang Bureau "Mars Express probe Mars" found near the Equator blockbuster iron oxide deposition layer, its iron oxide content in other regions of Mars is nearly 5 times.

Ouhang Bureau on the day of the communiqué said, "Mars Express" detector by near-infrared spectrometer "OMEGA" on a piece called "Alam —" the observation of the region, the region is located near the equator of Mars, diameter up to 280 km/h, observations show that there was a lot of iron oxide deposition and nitrate.

Ouhang Bureau said that, according to the "Mars Express" data obtained in the past, Mars is rich in iron oxide, i.e. people commonly known as the rust, but here's iron oxide content in other areas of nearly 5 times.

France Nantes University academics Marianne · Marseille on observations of an analysis that iron oxide usually nitrate, coverage, and the "Mars Express" line of sight can only penetrate the surface of Mars for hundreds of Micron thickness, so it is very difficult to discover the presence of iron oxide. But in "Alam in chaotic," area quality lighter roles of nitrate in the wind was blowing, the iron oxide exposed.

Prior to that, the United States "opportunities", the rovers have distance "Alam — to" 1000 km "Meridiani plane" and 3000 km of "sailor Canyon," observed similar ferric oxide deposition layer. Ouhang Council that the current "Mars Express" of newly discovered these fragmented region into a tablet, the Agency will continue to work on iron oxide and the formation of nitrate for more in-depth research.

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