Hottah (Mars)

Hottah
	"Hottah" rock outcrop on Mars - an ancient streambed viewed by the Curiosity rover (September 12, 2012, white balanced) (close-up) (3-D version).
Feature type	Rock outcrop
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 4°35′S 137°26′E / 4.59°S 137.44°E

Short description: Rock outcrop on the surface of Aeolis Palus

Hottah is a rock outcrop on the surface of Aeolis Palus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp"), in Gale crater on the planet Mars.^[1]^[2]^[3]

"Goulburn", "Link" and "Hottah" rock outcrop - suggest "vigorously" flowing water in an ancient streambed (September 27, 2012).

The outcrop was encountered by the Curiosity rover on the way from Bradbury Landing to Glenelg Intrigue on September 14, 2012 (the 39th sol of the mission), and was named after Hottah Lake, the sixth largest lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada . The "approximate" site coordinates are: [ ⚑ ] 4°35′S 137°26′E / 4.59°S 137.44°E / -4.59; 137.44.

The outcrop is a well-sorted gravel conglomerate, containing well-rounded, smooth, abraded pebbles. Occasional pebbles up to a few centimeters across are embedded in amongst a matrix of finer rounded particles, up to a centimeter across. It has been interpreted as a fluvial sediment, deposited by a vigorously flowing stream, probably between ankle and waist deep. This stream is part of an ancient alluvial fan, which descends from the steep terrain at the rim of Gale crater across its floor.^[2]

Remnant of ancient streambed on Mars (white-balanced) (September 14, 2012). (close-up) (3-D version).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Brown, Dwayne; Cole, Steve; Webster, Guy; Agle, D.C. (September 27, 2012). "NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed On Martian Surface". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_12-338_Mars_Water_Stream.html.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Old Streambed on Mars. NASA. September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012 – via YouTube.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Chang, Alicia (September 27, 2012). "Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream". AP News. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120927/DA1IDOO00.html.

External links

Curiosity rover - Official Site
NASA - Mars Exploration Program
Volcanic rock classification
Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On Mars - September, 2012

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[NASA-20120927-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Brown, Dwayne; Cole, Steve; Webster, Guy; Agle, D.C. (September 27, 2012). "NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed On Martian Surface". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_12-338_Mars_Water_Stream.html.

[NASA-20120927a-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Old Streambed on Mars. NASA. September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012 – via YouTube.

[AP-20120927-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Chang, Alicia (September 27, 2012). "Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream". AP News. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120927/DA1IDOO00.html.

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General	Curiosity rover Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory
Instruments	APXS ChemCam CheMin DAN DRT Hazcam MARDI MAHLI MastCam Navcam RAD REMS Robotic arm SAM
Features	MarsDial MMRTG Rocker-bogie
Sites	Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) Aeolis Palus Bradbury Landing Gale Crater Glenelg Peace Vallis Rocknest Yellowknife Bay
Rocks	Bathurst Inlet Coronation Goulburn Hottah Jake Matijevic Link Rocknest Rocknest 3 Tintina
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