Diversity and Areal Density of Iron-Nickel Meteorites Analyzed by Chemcam in Gale Crater

P.-Y. Meslin , D. Wellington , R. C. Wiens (1) , J. R. Johnson , J. van Beek , O. Gasnault (2) , V. Sautter , I. Maroger , J. Lasue , P. Beck (3) , J. C. Bridges , B. Cohen , J. W. Ashley , A. G. Fairen , H. Newsom (4) , A. Cousin , O. Forni , F. Calef (5) , W. Rapin , S. Maurice (2) , B. Chide , S. Schröder , W. Goetz , N. Mangold (6) , T. Gabriel , N. Lanza , P. Pinet

1 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
4 IOM - Institute of Meteoritics [Albuquerque]
5 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]

A dozen iron meteorites have been analyzed in Gale Crater, with distinct compositions. We estimate their areal density, discuss their fate and distribution.

Domaines: Planétologie

P.-Y. Meslin, D. Wellington, R. C. Wiens, J. R. Johnson, J. van Beek, et al.. Diversity and Areal Density of Iron-Nickel Meteorites Analyzed by Chemcam in Gale Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2019, The Woodlands, United States. ⟨hal-02411439⟩