Detector for CheMin
This charged couple device CCD is part of the CheMin instrument on NASA Curiosity rover. When CheMin directs X-rays at a sample of soil, this imager, which is the size of a postage stamp, detects both the position and energy of each X-ray photon.
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NASA ID
PIA16171
Date Created
October 30, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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