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In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars
The Zhurong rover of the Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia, providing a unique window into the evolutionary history of the Martian lowlands. During its first 110 sols, Zhurong investigated and categorized surface targets into igneous rocks, lithified duricrusts, cemented duricrust...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad056 |
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author | Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara Yu, Jin Wei, Guangfei Pan, Lu Liu, Xiangfeng Lin, Yangting Liu, Yang Sun, Chen Wang, Xiyu Wang, Juntao Xu, Weijie Rao, Yunfei Xu, Weiming Sun, Tianyang Chen, Fengye Zhang, Beiyi Lin, Honglei Zhang, Zhenqiang Hu, Sen Li, Xiang-Yu Yu, Xiao-Wen Qu, Shuai-Yi Zhou, Di-Sheng Wu, Xing Zeng, Xiaojia Li, Xiongyao Tang, Hong Liu, Jianzhong |
author_facet | Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara Yu, Jin Wei, Guangfei Pan, Lu Liu, Xiangfeng Lin, Yangting Liu, Yang Sun, Chen Wang, Xiyu Wang, Juntao Xu, Weijie Rao, Yunfei Xu, Weiming Sun, Tianyang Chen, Fengye Zhang, Beiyi Lin, Honglei Zhang, Zhenqiang Hu, Sen Li, Xiang-Yu Yu, Xiao-Wen Qu, Shuai-Yi Zhou, Di-Sheng Wu, Xing Zeng, Xiaojia Li, Xiongyao Tang, Hong Liu, Jianzhong |
author_sort | Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara |
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description | The Zhurong rover of the Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia, providing a unique window into the evolutionary history of the Martian lowlands. During its first 110 sols, Zhurong investigated and categorized surface targets into igneous rocks, lithified duricrusts, cemented duricrusts, soils and sands. The lithified duricrusts, analysed by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy onboard Zhurong, show elevated water contents and distinct compositions from those of igneous rocks. The cemented duricrusts are likely formed via water vapor–frost cycling at the atmosphere–soil interface, as supported by the local meteorological conditions. Soils and sands contain elevated magnesium and water, attributed to both hydrated magnesium salts and adsorbed water. The compositional and meteorological evidence indicates potential Amazonian brine activities and present-day water vapor cycling at the soil–atmosphere interface. Searching for further clues to water-related activities and determining the water source by Zhurong are critical to constrain the volatile evolution history at the landing site. |
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spelling | pubmed-101716222023-05-11 In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara Yu, Jin Wei, Guangfei Pan, Lu Liu, Xiangfeng Lin, Yangting Liu, Yang Sun, Chen Wang, Xiyu Wang, Juntao Xu, Weijie Rao, Yunfei Xu, Weiming Sun, Tianyang Chen, Fengye Zhang, Beiyi Lin, Honglei Zhang, Zhenqiang Hu, Sen Li, Xiang-Yu Yu, Xiao-Wen Qu, Shuai-Yi Zhou, Di-Sheng Wu, Xing Zeng, Xiaojia Li, Xiongyao Tang, Hong Liu, Jianzhong Natl Sci Rev Earth Sciences The Zhurong rover of the Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia, providing a unique window into the evolutionary history of the Martian lowlands. During its first 110 sols, Zhurong investigated and categorized surface targets into igneous rocks, lithified duricrusts, cemented duricrusts, soils and sands. The lithified duricrusts, analysed by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy onboard Zhurong, show elevated water contents and distinct compositions from those of igneous rocks. The cemented duricrusts are likely formed via water vapor–frost cycling at the atmosphere–soil interface, as supported by the local meteorological conditions. Soils and sands contain elevated magnesium and water, attributed to both hydrated magnesium salts and adsorbed water. The compositional and meteorological evidence indicates potential Amazonian brine activities and present-day water vapor cycling at the soil–atmosphere interface. Searching for further clues to water-related activities and determining the water source by Zhurong are critical to constrain the volatile evolution history at the landing site. Oxford University Press 2023-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10171622/ /pubmed/37181084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad056 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Earth Sciences Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara Yu, Jin Wei, Guangfei Pan, Lu Liu, Xiangfeng Lin, Yangting Liu, Yang Sun, Chen Wang, Xiyu Wang, Juntao Xu, Weijie Rao, Yunfei Xu, Weiming Sun, Tianyang Chen, Fengye Zhang, Beiyi Lin, Honglei Zhang, Zhenqiang Hu, Sen Li, Xiang-Yu Yu, Xiao-Wen Qu, Shuai-Yi Zhou, Di-Sheng Wu, Xing Zeng, Xiaojia Li, Xiongyao Tang, Hong Liu, Jianzhong In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title |
In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title_full |
In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title_fullStr |
In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title_full_unstemmed |
In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title_short |
In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars |
title_sort | in situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the zhurong landing site on mars |
topic | Earth Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad056 |
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