1. The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II for the Phobos-Grunt mission.
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Rodionov, D. S., Klingelhoefer, G., Evlanov, E. N., Blumers, M., Bernhardt, B., Gironés, J., Maul, J., Fleischer, I., Prilutskii, O. F., Shlyk, A. F., Linkin, V. M., and d'Uston, C.
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MARTIAN exploration , *SPECTROMETERS , *ROCKET payloads , *PHOBOS (Satellite) , *MARS (Planet) - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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