Cape York (Mars)
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Cape York is a location on Mars, on the western rim of Endeavour crater.[1] The Opportunity rover spent about two years exploring this portion of the rim in the early 2010s before moving south.[1] The CRISM instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified clay smectites in an area of Cape York, and the rover was sent to explore this location.[1] MER-B Opportunity spend its fifth Martian Winter at Greeley Haven at Cape York, and also took a panorama at that location.[2] MER-B spent 19 weeks stationed at Greeley Haven surviving the winter and went on the move again in May 2012, to further explore Cape York.[3]
MER-B arrived at Cape York in 2011 at Odyssey crater, which is on the southern end of the feature.[4] Opportunity arrived at Endeavour crater on sol 2709 (August 9, 2011), at a landmark called Spirit Point named after its rover twin, after traversing 21 km (13 mi) from Victoria crater, over a three-year period.[5] Spirit point was the name selected for where MER-B arrived at Endeavour's Cape York, a journey which it set out on in 2008 and it arrived there in the summer of 2011.[6]
Locations and science targets at Cape York include:[7] (Alphabetically ordered:)
- Chester Lake[8]
- Esperance
- Grasberg
- Greeley Haven
- Homestake rock
- Matijevic Hill
- Monte Cristo
- Odyssey crater[4]
- Spirit Point[6]
- Tisdale 2[8]
- Whitewater Lake outcrops
- Whim Creek
South of Cape York is an area called Botany Bay.[8] Features south of Cape York include Sutherland Point, Nobby's Head, and even father south Solander Point
Location[edit]
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MER-B traverse around Cape York[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/MERB_Sol2710_1merbarrives.jpg/650px-MERB_Sol2710_1merbarrives.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/PIA15276_Locator_Map_for_%27Greeley_Haven%27_on_Endeavour_Rim.jpg/600px-PIA15276_Locator_Map_for_%27Greeley_Haven%27_on_Endeavour_Rim.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/MERB_Sol3348_1.jpg/600px-MERB_Sol3348_1.jpg)
Locations and/or science targets at Cape York[edit]
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/PIA15035_MI_vein-2765-2766.tif/lossy-page1-500px-PIA15035_MI_vein-2765-2766.tif.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PIA16139_Puzzling_Little_Martian_Spheres_That_Don%27t_Taste_Like_%27Blueberries%27.tif/lossy-page1-500px-PIA16139_Puzzling_Little_Martian_Spheres_That_Don%27t_Taste_Like_%27Blueberries%27.tif.jpg)
Matijevic Hill[edit]
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Pia16128-640-MatijevicHill-EnduranceCrater-20120928.jpg/500px-Pia16128-640-MatijevicHill-EnduranceCrater-20120928.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/685039main_pia16128-full_full-MatijevicHill.jpg/500px-685039main_pia16128-full_full-MatijevicHill.jpg)
Views[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/PIA14508_-_West_Rim_of_Endeavour_Crater_on_Mars.jpg/500px-PIA14508_-_West_Rim_of_Endeavour_Crater_on_Mars.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%27Greeley_Panorama%27_from_Opportunity%27s_Fifth_Martian_Winter%2C_PIA15689.jpg/500px-%27Greeley_Panorama%27_from_Opportunity%27s_Fifth_Martian_Winter%2C_PIA15689.jpg)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c mars.nasa.gov. "'Cape York' Explored".
- ^ "NASA - 'Greeley Panorama' from Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter".
- ^ "Opportunity is a ROVER again!".
- ^ a b "Odyssey Crater on Cape York, sol 2681 (anaglyph)".
- ^ "NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. August 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "NASA - Opportunity Heads Toward 'Spirit Point'". Nasa.gov. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Mars Exploration Rovers Special Update: Opportunity's Findings at Endeavour, So Far".
- ^ a b c "Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs Cape York, Roves to New Milestone".