Abstracts by MSSS Staff for the
35th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2004
3 February 2004
MSSS staff are involved in a variety of research and operational
projects, including the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera,
the Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (IR and VIS),
the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity), the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter (launching in 2005), and the Phoenix Mars lander
(launching in 2007).
The following abstracts regarding research and operations activities
at MSSS were submitted by MSSS personnel to the
35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which occurs
in Houston, Texas, in March 2004.
MSSS personnel are listed in bold.
The abstracts are in PDF format.
All abstracts are © 2004 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
For more information about the conference, see
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/
- Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, The geologic record
of early Mars: A layered, cratered, and "valley-ed" volume,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 1188,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI
- Williams, R. M. E., K. S. Edgett, and M. C. Malin,
Young fans in equatorial crater in Xanthe Terra, Mars,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 1415,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI
- M. Malin, K. Edgett, B. Cantor, M. Caplinger, S. Davis,
E. Jensen, L. Lipkaman, B. Nixon, L. Posiolova, J. Sandoval, K. Supulver,
R. Williams, and R. Zimdar, Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
in the Extended Mission: The MOC Toolkit,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 1189,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI
- T. Parker, M. Malin, M. Golombek, T. Duxbury, A. Johnson, J. Guinn, T. McElrath, R. Kirk, B. Archinal, L. Soderblom, R. Li, and the MER Navigation Team and Athena Science Team, Localization, localization, localization,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 2189,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI (This abstract about MER locations on Mars includes MOC cPROTO and ROTO images of the MER landing sites)
- Thomas, P. C., M. C. Malin, K. S. Edgett, P. B. James,
B. A. Cantor, and R. Williams,
South polar residual cap of Mars: Features, stratigraphy, and changes,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 1327,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI
- McConnochie, T. H., J. F. Bell III, P. R. Christensen, M. Malin,
M. Caplinger, M. Ravine, G. L. Mehall, S. H. Silverman, A. G. Hayes,
E. Z. Noe Dobrea, and D. Savransky,
Mars Odyssey THEMIS-VIS Calibration,
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV, Abstract No. 2064,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2004.
PDF, courtesy LPI
© 2004 by Malin Space Science Systems, Inc.
