A remarkable result from the Viking missions was the discovery that the Martian soil is highly magnetic, in the sense that the soil is attracted by a small magnet. The soil was found to adhere almost equally well to a strong and a weak SmCo magnet in the Viking lander backhoe at both landing sites. An array of permanent magnets, with the purpose of establishing if the magnetic particles on Mars are present as discrete or as composite particles, has been constructed.
Suggestion for extended Viking magnetic properties experiment on future Mars missions
1993-01-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Suggestion for Extended Viking Magnetic Properties Experiment on Future Mars Missions
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