Probable Chondritic Fragments Detected by ChemCam in Gale Crater

J. Lasue , P. Y. Meslin , V. Sautter , I. Maroger , L. Krämer Ruggiu , J. C. Bridges , E. Lewin , R. C. Wiens (1) , P. Beck (2) , A. Cousin , O. Forni , O. Gasnault (3) , W. Goetz , J. R. Johnson , S. Le Mouélic (4) , M. Nachon , H. Newsom (5) , S. Maurice (3) , D. F. Wellington

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

ChemCam identified two fragments with elevated Ni (>1wt.%) and MgO ( 20-30wt.%) and an Mg/Si ratio consistent with ordinary chondrites.

Domaines: Planétologie

J. Lasue, P. Y. Meslin, V. Sautter, I. Maroger, L. Krämer Ruggiu, et al.. Probable Chondritic Fragments Detected by ChemCam in Gale Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2019, The Woodlands, United States. ⟨hal-02411470⟩