The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II for the Phobos-Grunt mission
Abstract
Möessbauer spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the mineralogical analysis of Fe-bearing materials. The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II has already been working on the surface of Mars for 6 years as part of the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers mission. The improved version of the instrument is a component of the scientific payload of the Phobos-Grunt mission. The scientific objectives of the instrument are the following: to identify the iron-bearing phases, to determine the quantitative distribution of iron among these phases, and to determine the distribution of iron among its oxidation states.
- Publication:
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Solar System Research
- Pub Date:
- October 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1134/S0038094610050023
- Bibcode:
- 2010SoSyR..44..362R