So many people are finding it difficult to know what the United States' spacecraft that studied Mars from orbit and served as a communication relay for the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix is and even though they hear of it most times. It is wonderful to have knowledge about what you desperately desire to know about. It is in this light that I would want to enlighten you as well as educate you on this topic to be discussed. The 2001 Mars Odyssey was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 7, 2001, and was named after the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
On Oct. 23, 2001, Mars Odyssey entered Mars orbit, where it spent the next several weeks using the Martian atmosphere as a brake to reshape its orbit for a 917-day mapping mission. Visible-light, infrared, and other instruments collected data on the mineral content of the surface and on radiation hazards in the orbital environment. Its instruments also included a neutron detector designed to map the location of intermediate-energy neutrons knocked off the Martian surface by incoming cosmic rays. The maps revealed low neutron levels in the high latitudes, which was interpreted to indicate the presence of high levels of hydrogen. The hydrogen enrichment, in turn, suggested that the polar regions above latitude 60° contain huge subsurface reservoirs of water ice. The total amount of water detected was estimated to be 10,000 cubic km (2,400 cubic miles), nearly the amount of water in Lake Superior. Odyssey's instruments, however, could not detect water lying at depths much greater than 1 metre (3.3 feet), so the total amount could be vastly larger.
Mars Odyssey discovered caves on a volcano by using its infrared cameras to show that the temperatures of the cave entrances, which appeared as dark circular features, did not change as much as the surrounding surface.
But to what extent is our knowledge about this topic on the United States' spacecraft that studied Mars from orbit and served as a communication relay for the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix? Our knowledge on a topic and our view of understanding matters a lot; when we know and fail to teach others what we know, we have failed on our own part. Endeavor to teach or educate people around you and try to make research which will eventually broaden your mind and the way you think and reason. Education is a key to success in life and that is why education is really crucial in this world. Do you have something more to contribute? Read through this work and compare with others and identify opposing views and identify gaps to be filled if possible. How do you intend rating this article? Was the article helpful and very resourceful?
On Oct. 23, 2001, Mars Odyssey entered Mars orbit, where it spent the next several weeks using the Martian atmosphere as a brake to reshape its orbit for a 917-day mapping mission. Visible-light, infrared, and other instruments collected data on the mineral content of the surface and on radiation hazards in the orbital environment. Its instruments also included a neutron detector designed to map the location of intermediate-energy neutrons knocked off the Martian surface by incoming cosmic rays. The maps revealed low neutron levels in the high latitudes, which was interpreted to indicate the presence of high levels of hydrogen. The hydrogen enrichment, in turn, suggested that the polar regions above latitude 60° contain huge subsurface reservoirs of water ice. The total amount of water detected was estimated to be 10,000 cubic km (2,400 cubic miles), nearly the amount of water in Lake Superior. Odyssey's instruments, however, could not detect water lying at depths much greater than 1 metre (3.3 feet), so the total amount could be vastly larger.
Mars Odyssey discovered caves on a volcano by using its infrared cameras to show that the temperatures of the cave entrances, which appeared as dark circular features, did not change as much as the surrounding surface.
But to what extent is our knowledge about this topic on the United States' spacecraft that studied Mars from orbit and served as a communication relay for the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix? Our knowledge on a topic and our view of understanding matters a lot; when we know and fail to teach others what we know, we have failed on our own part. Endeavor to teach or educate people around you and try to make research which will eventually broaden your mind and the way you think and reason. Education is a key to success in life and that is why education is really crucial in this world. Do you have something more to contribute? Read through this work and compare with others and identify opposing views and identify gaps to be filled if possible. How do you intend rating this article? Was the article helpful and very resourceful?
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