Mojave Mars Simulant-Characterization of a New Geologic Mars Analog
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The Martian regolith is classified as a fine-grained and cohesionless rocky soil that is mixed with dust due to planet storms.
“Peters et al. (2008) reported that the Martian regolith is classified as a fine-grained and cohesionless rocky soil that is mixed with dust due to planet storms.”
From The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview (2022) · cites this paper as Peters et al. (2008)
In the absence of any organic matter, the main chemical compositions and mineralogy of Lunar and Martian simulants are very similar to those of their respective reference samples from the Lunar and Martian surfaces.
“In the absence of any organic matter, the main chemical compositions and mineralogy of Lunar and Martian simulants are very similar to those of their respective reference samples from the Lunar and Martian surfaces (Mortley et al., 2000;Beegle et al., 2007;Peters et al., 2008;Zeng et al., 2015;Kölbl et al., 2017).”
From The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview (2022) · cites this paper as Peters et al., 2008
The Martian surface is covered by a basaltic sand that is mainly composed of plagioclases and mafic minerals.
“The surface is covered by a basaltic sand that is mainly composed of plagioclases and mafic minerals (including nesosilicates and inosilicates such as olivine and pyroxene) (Peters et al., 2008;Zeng et al., 2015;Filiberto, 2017).”
From The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview (2022) · cites this paper as Peters et al., 2008
Mojave Mars (MMS) is not currently available outside of NASA.
“The other notable Mars simulant is Mojave Mars (MMS) (Peters et al., 2008), that is not currently available outside of NASA.”
From Mars global simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based open standard for basaltic martian regolith simulants (2019) · cites this paper as Peters et al., 2008
The Martian Garden's MMS-1 and MMS-2 do not resemble the original MMS; the company is mining the highly altered red cinder material described by Beegle et al. (2007) instead of the original Saddleback Basalt.
“However, The Martian Garden company had no contact with the creators of MMS, and their simulants do not resemble the original version (compare Fig. 1d with Fig. 2 in Peters et al. (2008)). The company is instead mining the highly altered red cinder material described by Beegle et al. (2007) instead of the original Saddleback Basalt.”
From Mars global simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based open standard for basaltic martian regolith simulants (2019) · cites this paper as Peters et al. (2008)
Peters et al. (2008) report that MMS lost 1.7 wt.% by 100 °C and 7.2 wt.% by 500 °C.
“Peters et al. (2008) report that MMS lost 1.7 wt.% by 100 °C and 7.2 wt.% by 500 °C.”
From Mars global simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based open standard for basaltic martian regolith simulants (2019) · cites this paper as Peters et al. (2008)
Mojave Mars Simulant was developed specifically for geotechnical applications.
“Mojave Mars Simulant was developed specifically for geotechnical applications (Peters et al. 2008)”
From Mars global simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based open standard for basaltic martian regolith simulants (2019) · cites this paper as Peters et al. 2008
The significant and unrealistic water contents of JSC Mars-1 were cited as a motivating factor in developing the original MMS simulant.
“The significant and unrealistic water contents of JSC Mars-1 were cited as a motivating factor in developing the original MMS simulant (Peters et al., 2008)”
From Mars global simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based open standard for basaltic martian regolith simulants (2019) · cites this paper as Peters et al., 2008
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- Authors
- Peters, G. H., Abbey, W., Bearman, G. H., Mungas, G. S., Smith, J. A., Anderson, R. C., Douglas, S., & Beegle, L. W.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Beegle, Luther W.
- Venue
- Icarus
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-10
- Volume
- 197
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 470-479
- ISSN
- 0019-1035 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2068402845
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Icarus (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
- Keywords
- Mars analog, Mojave Desert, Martian regolith, particle size reduction, weathering, Mars Science Laboratory
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