Rock Abrasion Tool: Mars exploration Rover mission

被引：121

作者：

Gorevan, SP

Myrick, T

Davis, K

Chau, JJ

Bartlett, P

Mukherjee, S

Anderson, R

Squyres, SW

Arvidson, RE

Madsen, MB

Bertelsen, P

Goetz, W

Binau, CS

Richter, L

机构：

[1] Honeybee Robot, New York, NY 10012 USA

[2] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

[3] Washington Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, St Louis, MO 63130 USA

[4] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst Astron Phys & Geophys, Ctr Planetary Sci, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

[5] DLR, German Aerosp Ctr, Inst Space Simulat, Cologne, Germany

[6] Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ctr Radiophys & Space Res, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS | 2003年 / 108卷 / E12期

关键词：

RAT; grinding; IDD; payload; rocks; instrument;

D O I：

10.1029/2003JE002061

中图分类号：

P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];

学科分类号：

0708 ; 070902 ;

摘要：

[1] The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) is an integral part of the Athena Science payload. Serving primarily as the geologist's rock hammer, the RAT will expose fresh surfaces of Martian rocks to other instruments on the payload. The RAT also brushes dust and debris from an excavated hole or unaltered rocks. To accomplish these tasks autonomously, the RAT, a sophisticated 3-axis precision-controlled device, was designed. Data products derived from RAT telemetry enable the RAT to also act as an important rock physical properties science instrument. The returned RAT grinding and penetration rate data will be inverted and compared to a rock library on the Earth. The design is also very compact and lightweight: the RAT is contained within a cylinder 128 mm long and 85 mm in diameter and has a mass of 687 g.

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