Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
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Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) is a radar instrument designed to probe beneath the Martian surface and study its ionosphere by transmitting low-frequency radio waves from orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MARSIS | 2 |
| Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
planetary radar instrument
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scientific instrument ⓘ spaceborne radar sounder ⓘ |
| carriedBy | Mars Express ⓘ |
| dataType |
ionograms
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radar echoes ⓘ |
| designedTo |
probe beneath the Martian surface
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study the Martian ionosphere ⓘ |
| employsTechnique |
radar sounding
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radio echo sounding ⓘ |
| environmentStudied |
Martian ionosphere
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Martian subsurface ⓘ |
| frequencyBand | HF/VHF ⓘ |
| hostAgency | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| location | onboard Mars Express orbiter ⓘ |
| measurementType |
dielectric properties of Martian subsurface
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ionospheric electron density ⓘ subsurface structure ⓘ |
| missionContext |
Mars Express
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surface form:
Mars Express mission
|
| observes |
ionospheric reflections at Mars
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subsurface interfaces on Mars ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Mars ⓘ |
| operator | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| orbitsIn | Mars orbit ⓘ |
| platformType | orbiter instrument ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
ionosphere sounding
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subsurface sounding ⓘ |
| purpose |
characterize ionospheric conditions affecting radio wave propagation at Mars
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investigate the presence of liquid water beneath the Martian surface ⓘ map subsurface layering on Mars ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
planetary geophysics
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planetary science ⓘ space plasma physics ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
characterize the Martian ionosphere
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detect subsurface water and ice on Mars ⓘ |
| shortName |
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MARSIS
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| spacecraft | Mars Express ⓘ |
| studies |
distribution of subsurface ice on Mars
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structure of the Martian crust ⓘ variability of the Martian ionosphere ⓘ |
| targetBody | Mars ⓘ |
| uses | low-frequency radio waves ⓘ |
| waveProperty | low frequency ⓘ |
| waveType | radio waves ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding Description of subject: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) is a radar instrument designed to probe beneath the Martian surface and study its ionosphere by transmitting low-frequency radio waves from orbit.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MARSIS
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
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shortName
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Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MARSIS