Comparison of the InSight Seismometer Characteristics on Mars With Tests on Earth
Date: 4/25/2019
Time: 06:00 PM
Room: Fifth Avenue
The seismometer the InSight mission placed on Mars in December of 2018 consists of a set of 3-component oblique-axis very broad band (0.01-1 Hz) and another set of 3-component short period (0.5-25 Hz) sensors, all mounted within a leveling system coupled to the surface, and isolated from the atmospheric environmental noise. A digitizing and recording system remains in the thermal enclosure of the lander. The nominal mission duration is 2 Earth years, and since it is solar powered, it may last longer.
At the time of writing, the sensor assembly package has been deployed to the surface of Mars, all sensors are working, and it is mid-way through the setup procedure.
We will compare the characteristics of the seismometer on Mars with tests done on Earth before launch and with terrestrial seismometers and installations, paying particular attention to unique features of this seismometer and its installation on Mars that are reflected in the performance of the instrument.
Presenting Author: Kenneth Hurst
Authors
Kenneth Hurst ken.hurst@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States Presenting Author
Corresponding Author
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Nicolas Verdier nicolas.verdier@cnes.fr CNES, Toulouse, , France |
Marco Bierwirth bierwirthm@mps.mpg.de MPS, Gottingen, , Germany |
Lucile Fayon fayon@ipgp.fr Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
Sharon Kedar sharon.kedar@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States |
Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun brigitte.knapmeyer-endrun@uni-koeln.de University of Cologne, Cologne, , Germany |
Sylvain Tillier sylvain.tillier@gmail.com Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig widmer@geophys.uni-stuttgart.de Black Forest Observatory, University of Stuttgart, Schiltach, , Germany |
William B Banerdt william.b.banerdt@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States |
Simon Calcutt calcutt@atm.ox.ac.uk Oxford University, Oxford, , United Kingdom |
Sébastien de Raucourt sebastien.deraucourt@gmail.com Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
Raphael Garcia raphael.garcia@isae-supaero.fr Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Toulouse, , France |
Domenico Giardini domenico.giardini@erdw.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
Philippe Lognonné lognonne@ipgp.fr Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
David Mimoun david.mimoun@isae-supaero.fr Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Toulouse, , France |
Mark P Panning mark.p.panning@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States |
William T Pike w.t.pike@imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London, London, , United Kingdom |
Peter Zweifel peter.zweifel@sed.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
Constantinos Charalambous constantinos.charalambous05@imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London, London, , United Kingdom |
John Clinton jclinton@sed.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
Mélanie Drilleau drilleau@ipgp.fr Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
Davor Mance davor.mance@sed.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
John B McClean j.mcclean15@imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London, London, , United Kingdom |
Naomi Murdoch naomi.murdoch@isae-supaero.fr Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Toulouse, , France |
Tanguy Nebut nebut@ipgp.fr Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, Paris, , France |
Simon Stähler simon.staehler@erdw.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
Jan ten Pierick jan.tenpierick@erdw.ethz.ch ETH Zurich, Zurich, , Switzerland |
Tristram Warren tristram.warren@physics.ox.ac.uk Oxford University, Oxford, , United Kingdom |
Comparison of the InSight Seismometer Characteristics on Mars With Tests on Earth
Category
The InSight Mission – Seismology on Mars and Beyond