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Cette carte conceptuelle, cree avec IHMC CmapTools, contient des informations liees a : Pathfinder, Pathfinder was JPL Managed Project, Small- Scale Vortices are intepreted as Dust Devils, Entry, Descent, & Landing Demonstration including Use of Air Bags for Landing, Central Metallic Core is 1300 & ~2000 km in Radius, Science Goals included Geology & Geomorphology of the Surface, Pathfinder was Low Cost, Rotational & Orbital Dynamics determined Polar Moment of Inertia, Pathfinder was designed primarily as Entry, Descent, & Landing Demonstration, Rotational & Orbital Dynamics by Doppler Tracking & Ranging, Mineralogy & Geochemistry of Rocks & Soils revealed Variety of Morphologies, Fabrics & Textures, Rotational & Orbital Dynamics used Viking Data as Reference, Pathfinder was Launched on Delta 7925 4 December 1996, Landed in Ares Valles 19.3ºN, 33.5ºW 4 July 1997, Science Goals included Magnetic Properties of Airborne Dust, Meteorology/ Atmospheric Science observed Dusty Lower Atmosphere, Pathfinder was designed secondarily to achieve Science Goals, Hard Lander relied on Use of Air Bags for Landing, Science Goals included Mineralogy & Geochemistry of Rocks & Soils, Science Goals included Rotational & Orbital Dynamics, Meteorology/ Atmospheric Science observed Early a.m. Water Ice Clouds, Meteorology/ Atmospheric Science observed Small- Scale Vortices