Aeolis Palus

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Aeolis Palus is a plain within Gale Crater on Mars, notable as the region explored by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

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Aeolis Palus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological feature
plain
region on Mars
adjacentTo Aeolis Mons
Mount Sharp
ageEstimate Hesperian to early Amazonian
associatedMission Mars Science Laboratory
contains Bradbury Landing
Glenelg region
Rocknest
Hematite Ridge
surface form: Shaler outcrop

Gale Crater
surface form: Yellowknife Bay
coordinateSystem areocentric coordinates
country none (extraterrestrial location)
discoveredBy telescopic and orbital observations of Mars
explorationStartDate 2012-08-06
exploredBy Curiosity rover
Mars Science Laboratory
surface form: Mars Science Laboratory mission
geologicalContext alluvial and fluvial features
lacustrine deposits
sedimentary deposits
hasFeature dust and sand ripples
erosional landforms
impact-related sediments
hosted first drilled Martian rock samples by Curiosity
locatedIn Gale Crater
locatedOn Mars
namedAfter Aeolis
notableFor landing site region of Curiosity rover
observedBy Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Odyssey mission
surface form: Mars Odyssey

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
partOf Aeolis quadrangle
Gale Crater floor
planetaryBody Mars
scientificInterest evidence of past water activity
habitability studies
spaceAgencyInvolved NASA
surfaceType plain with mixed rocky and sandy terrain
terrainCharacter relatively low-lying area within Gale Crater

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curiosity landingRegion Aeolis Palus
MSL landingRegion Aeolis Palus