H2O- and OH-bearing minerals in the Martian regolith: Analysis of 1997 observations from HST/NICMOS

• Main Authors: Dobrea, E. Z. Noe, Bell, J. F., Wolff, M. J., Gordon, K. D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2002
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Hubble; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0212079; https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212079

We have analyzed observations of the Acidalia hemisphere of Mars taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera Multi-Object Spectrograph (HST/NICMOS) during July of 1997 (Ls = 152 degrees, northern Martian summer). The data consist of images at ~60 km/pixel resolution, using both n...