Mount Sharp

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Martian mountain

Mount Sharp, officially known as Aeolis Mons, is a central Martian mountain rising from Gale Crater that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring to study Mars’s geological and climatic history.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Gale Crater central mound (Aeolis Mons) 1
Gale Crater central mound Mount Sharp 1
Mount Sharp lower slopes 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian mountain ⓘ
centralPeakOf Gale Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf sedimentary rock ⓘ
containsEvidenceOf ancient fluvial activity ⓘ
lacustrine deposits ⓘ
past liquid water ⓘ
containsMineral hematite ⓘ
jarosite ⓘ
smectite clays ⓘ
sulfates ⓘ
erodedBy possible ancient water activity ⓘ
wind ⓘ
explorationStartYear 2014 ⓘ
exploredBy Curiosity rover NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploredByAgency NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy sediment deposition in Gale Crater ⓘ
hasApproximateHeight 18,000 feet ⓘ
5.5 kilometers ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude -5.4 degrees ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 137.8 degrees east ⓘ
hasFeature clay-bearing units ⓘ
hematite-bearing ridge ⓘ
layered strata ⓘ
sulfate-bearing units ⓘ
hasStratigraphicSequence Clay-bearing unit ⓘ
Murray formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stimson formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulfate-bearing unit ⓘ
Vera Rubin Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
investigatedWithInstrument APXS NERFINISHED ⓘ
CheMin NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChemCam NERFINISHED ⓘ
DAN NERFINISHED ⓘ
MAHLI NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mastcam NERFINISHED ⓘ
REMS NERFINISHED ⓘ
SAM NERFINISHED ⓘ
landingSiteRegionOf Curiosity rover NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Gale Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Robert P. Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearLandingSite Bradbury Landing NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialName Aeolis Mons NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitalImagingBy Mars Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Aeolis quadrangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificInterest Mars climate history ⓘ
Mars habitability ⓘ
ancient Martian lakes ⓘ
sedimentary processes on Mars ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Aeolis Palus → adjacentTo → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Aeolis Mons → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Aeolis Mons → contains → Mount Sharp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Sharp lower slopes
Aeolis quadrangle → notableFeature → Mount Sharp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gale Crater central mound (Aeolis Mons)
intermediate waypoint on Curiosity ascent of Mount Sharp → partOf → Mount Sharp ⓘ
subject surface form: Rubin Ridge
Vera Rubin Ridge → partOf → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Curiosity → primaryTarget → Mount Sharp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gale Crater central mound Mount Sharp