paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago1257 - New Abrasion Patch (Patch diameter 5 cm / 2 inches)lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-link1257 - New Abrasion Patch (Patch diameter 5 cm / 2 inches)lemmy.worldpaulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat do these patches tell us?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 months agoThe chemical makeup of the rock. Abrasion patches are created by Perseverance using a drill. Then it uses a laser to vaporize the rock, and sensors to analyze the chemical makeup of the vapor. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/abrasion-patch-bellegarde/
What do these patches tell us?
The chemical makeup of the rock.
Abrasion patches are created by Perseverance using a drill. Then it uses a laser to vaporize the rock, and sensors to analyze the chemical makeup of the vapor.
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/abrasion-patch-bellegarde/