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dc.contributor.authorMuller, C.
dc.date2002
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:03:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:03:56Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5192
dc.descriptionThe remote sensing possibilities of orbiters together with their global mapping possibilities allow them to search for an inventory of characteristics of a life habitat on Mars, they permit also a systematic search for the gases that could be indicative of life episodes as well as favourable radiation environments. The current missions are reviewed versus their capability for this objective and ideas are proposed for a specific astrobiology Mars orbiter. Orbiters combine global mapping with the satisfaction of contamination requirements. The recent mapping of dark dune spots and underground ice deposits as well as previous unverified enhancements in atmospheric composition shows possible ways to use orbiters in life detection.
dc.languageeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesESA SP
dc.titleUse of orbital missions to detect traces of life or favourable habitats on Mars
dc.typeConference
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeAtmospheric composition
dc.subject.freeGases
dc.subject.freeIce
dc.subject.freeOrbits
dc.subject.freeRemote sensing
dc.subject.freeAstrobiology
dc.subject.freeMartian surface analysis
dc.source.titleESA-SP 518, Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology
dc.source.issue518
dc.source.page545-546
Orfeo.peerreviewedNo
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0036766580


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