Perseverance (Credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona) taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 6 days after landing
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This is NASA’s Mars probe“Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)”This is an image of a part of the Jezero crater on Mars, taken by.
In the central partSmall white rectangular objectIs shown, but this is a Mars rover that successfully landed on the Jezero Crater on the morning of February 19, Japan time.“Perseverance”It is the figure of.Orbiting Mars, according to the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary LaboratoryMRO can shoot Perseverance every few daysSo, it is said that the released image was taken from the orbit about 290 km away 6 days after the landing of Perseverance.
According to the institute, the bright ground around the Perseverance landing site appears to be covered with dark sand. The left and right ground surfaces of Perseverance (upper right and lower left when facing the image) look whitish, but this isAt the time of landing, the rocket engine on the descent stage blew away the sand covering the surface of the earth.It is believed that the ground beneath it was exposed.
Descent Perseverance and Jezero Crater taken by MRO. The upper right is an enlarged version of Perseverance (Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona)
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This is not the first time MRO has shot Perseverance, on the day of landing.A figure that deploys a parachute and descendsHas succeeded in capturing from the orbit.Also, 5 days before this imageImage taken the day after landingSeparated and flew away after Perseverance touched downDescent stage, Contained the Perseverance body and descent stageBack shell and parachuteProtected Perseverance when entering the Martian atmosphereHeat resistant shieldThe fall point of is also captured. It is said that these man-made objects and traces that are still conspicuous now are gradually buried in the accumulated dust and sand, and disappear as the years go by.
Around the landing site taken the day after the landing of Perseverance. The square indicates the range of 200m on each side (Credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona, Japanese notation is the author)
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Relation:Video of landing and the sound of the wind on Mars. NASA rover “Perseverance” new data released
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Source: University of Arizona
Sentence / Takehiro Matsumura
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