MPF ROVER MARS ALPHA PROTON X-RAY SPECTROMETER EDR V1.0

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The APXS EDRs are a collection of 27 measurements (173 data files) obtained by the Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). Of these, nine are measurements of rock, seven are of soil (if Scooby Doo is an indurated soil rather than a rock), and eleven are of atmosphere. The atmosphere was measured on Sol 1 to determine background cosmic ray levels, on a few occasions for electronics noise tests, and sometimes as a result of the APXS deployment mechanism not reaching the intended rock surface.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mpfr-m-apxs-2-edr-v1.0_ms6u-ec7t
issued	2018-06-26
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MPFR-M-APXS-2-EDR-V1.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]