Jake Matijevic (rock)

By Edward R. Miller-Jones

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The NASA's Mars rover namely Curiosity has finally reached out and touched the Martian rock Jake Matijevic. The Jake Matijevic is located on the surface of Aeolis Palus, in Gale crater of planet Mars. It is precisely situated between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons. The Martian rock is a strange pyramid-shaped stone which possesses various elements. Armed with its huge arm - 7-foot-long and with its effective tools including the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer and the Mars Hand Lens Imager close-up camera, Curiosity has managed to collect many components from the Martian rock. Besides, Curiosity possesses an instrument which shoot laser pulses at a target from the top of Curiosity's mast while assessing what chemical elements are in the rock Jake Matijevic. After much analysis, engineers have detected that the target rock has a relatively smooth, gray surface with some glinty facets reflecting sunlight and reddish dust collected in recesses of the rock...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 613014315X
• ISBN13: 9786130143152
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Fastbook Publishing
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"