Astronomy - USA (2020-06)

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CE 44 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2020 Equipped with a suite of high-tech tools — including a rock-blasting laser, two microphones, 23 came ...

PERSEVERA NCE WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 45 FEW WORLDS HAVE GARNERED AS MUCH ATTENTION AS MARS. And though astronomers have mapped the pl ...

46 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2020 An entry, descent, and landing to remember Perseverance shares a lot with the Curiosity rover, and that ...

Landing site 10 km 5 miles WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 47 with a range of filters, providing true- color vision that stretches a bit into ...

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SuperCam body unit SHERLOC electronics Mastcam-Z calibration target RIMFAX antenna SuperCam calibration target RIMFAX electronic ...

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Phoenix Viking 1 Pathfinder Opportunity InSight Viking 2 Curiosity Spirit Perseverance WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 51 There and back again ...

52 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2020 samples in Earth-based labs, getting our hands on intact Mars samples would teach us much more than any ...

WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 53 SHERLOC will also play a small part in preparing for a crewed mission to Mars, Beegle says. Like many of th ...

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WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 55 changes in starlight over time is a fundamental skill that amateur astronomers inter- ested in doing scienc ...

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NGC 2419 These 20 top clusters offer magical targets in any season. BY MICHAEL E. BAKICH Enjoy the sky’s great GLOBULARS AS I SA ...

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