Английская Википедия:Glenelg, Mars
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Glenelg, Mars (or Glenelg Intrigue) is a location on Mars near the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) landing site (Bradbury Landing) in Gale Crater marked by a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain.[1][2]
Name
The location was named Glenelg by NASA scientists for two reasons: all features in the immediate vicinity were given names associated with Yellowknife in northern Canada, and Glenelg is the name of a geological feature there. Furthermore, the name is a palindrome, and as the Curiosity rover is planned to visit the location twice (once coming, and once going) this was an appealing feature for the name.[3] The original Glenelg is a village in Scotland which on 20 October 2012 had a ceremony, including a live link to NASA, to celebrate their "twinning" with Glenelg on Mars.[4]
The trek to Glenelg will send the rover Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target.Шаблон:Citation needed
Images
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First-year and first-mile traverse map of the Curiosity rover on Mars (1 August 2013) (3-D).
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CuriosityШаблон:'s]] view of the Glenelg Area – where three terrains merge (19 September 2012).
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"Shaler" rock outcrop near the Glenelg Area on Mars - as viewed by the MastCam on the Curiosity rover (7 December 2012).
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See also
- Aeolis Mons
- Aeolis Palus
- Aeolis quadrangle
- Bedrock
- Composition of Mars
- Geology of Mars
- List of rocks on Mars
- Rock outcrop
- Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory
- Water on Mars
References
External links
![CuriosityШаблон:'s]] view of the Glenelg Area – where three terrains merge (19 September 2012).](/ruwiki/index.php?title=%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0&wpDestFile=PIA16150_fig1-Mars_Curiosity_Rover-Glenelg_Terrain.jpg){kind=link}
