Back أداة ليثوكيمياء الكواكب بالأشعة السينية Arabic Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry Czech Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry Spanish X線岩石化学用惑星計器 Japanese
Mars Perseverance rover - PIXL studies a rock (artist concept)
Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) is an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to determine the fine scale elemental composition of Martian surface materials designed for the Perseverance rover as part of the Mars 2020 mission.[1][2]
PIXL is manufactured and made by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- ^ Webster, Guy (31 July 2014). "Mars 2020 Rover's PIXL to Focus X-Rays on Tiny Targets". NASA. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Adaptive sampling for rover X-ray lithochemistry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08.