Spectrometer
SHERLOC's calibration target aboard the Perseverance Mars rover with Mars Meteorite in the centre of top row
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC ) is an ultraviolet Raman spectrometer that uses fine-scale imaging and an ultraviolet (UV) laser to determine fine-scale mineralogy, and detect organic compounds designed for the Perseverance rover as part of the Mars 2020 mission.[1] [2] [3] It was constructed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with major subsystems being delivered from Malin Space Science Systems and Los Alamos National Laboratory .
SHERLOC has a calibration target with possible Mars suit materials, and it will measure how they change over time in the Martian surface environment.[4]
^ Webster, Guy (31 July 2014). "SHERLOC to Micro-Map Mars Minerals and Carbon Rings" . NASA . Retrieved 31 July 2014 .
^ Beegle, L.W.; et al. (2017). "The SHERLOC Investigation For MARS 2020 (SHERLOC: Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals, an Investigation for 2020)" (PDF) . Universities Space Research Association . Retrieved 30 August 2017 .
^ Bhartia, Rohit; Beegle, Luther W.; DeFlores, Lauren; Abbey, William; Razzell Hollis, Joseph; Uckert, Kyle; Monacelli, Brian; Edgett, Kenneth S.; Kennedy, Megan R.; Sylvia, Margarite; Aldrich, David; Anderson, Mark; Asher, Sanford A.; Bailey, Zachary; Boyd, Kerry (25 May 2021). "Perseverance's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation" . Space Science Reviews . 217 (4): 58. doi :10.1007/s11214-021-00812-z . ISSN 1572-9672 .
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