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SUBMITTER: Golombek M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583488 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Golombek M M Williams N N Warner N H NH Parker T T Williams M G MG Daubar I I Calef F F Grant J J Bailey P P Abarca H H Deen R R Ruoff N N Maki J J McEwen A A Baugh N N Block K K Tamppari L L Call J J Ladewig J J Stoltz A A Weems W A WA Mora-Sotomayor L L Torres J J Johnson M M Kennedy T T Sklyanskiy E E
Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.) 20201008 10
Knowing precisely where a spacecraft lands on Mars is important for understanding the regional and local context, setting, and the offset between the inertial and cartographic frames. For the InSight spacecraft, the payload of geophysical and environmental sensors also particularly benefits from knowing exactly where the instruments are located. A ~30 cm/pixel image acquired from orbit after landing clearly resolves the lander and the large circular solar panels. This image was carefully georefe ...[more]