
Curiosity Spies Shifting Sands on Mars
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo076853
Subject(s) - curiosity , mars exploration program , astrobiology , geology , psychology , social psychology , physics
Images from the rover’s pioneering encounter with sand dunes on Mars constrain wind speeds required to move sand in the thin Martian atmosphere.