Mount Sharp

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Mount Sharp, officially known as Aeolis Mons, is a central Martian mountain rising from Gale Crater that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring to study Mars’s geological and climatic history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian mountain
centralPeakOf Gale Crater
composedOf sedimentary rock
containsEvidenceOf ancient fluvial activity
lacustrine deposits
past liquid water
containsMineral hematite
jarosite
smectite clays
sulfates
erodedBy possible ancient water activity
wind
explorationStartYear 2014
exploredBy Curiosity rover
exploredByAgency NASA
formedBy sediment deposition in Gale Crater
hasApproximateHeight 18,000 feet
5.5 kilometers
hasCoordinateLatitude -5.4 degrees
hasCoordinateLongitude 137.8 degrees east
hasFeature clay-bearing units
hematite-bearing ridge
layered strata
sulfate-bearing units
hasStratigraphicSequence Clay-bearing unit
Murray formation
Stimson formation
Sulfate-bearing unit
Vera Rubin Ridge
investigatedWithInstrument APXS
CheMin
ChemCam
DAN
MAHLI
Mastcam
REMS
SAM
landingSiteRegionOf Curiosity rover
locatedIn Gale Crater
locatedOn Mars
namedAfter Robert P. Sharp
nearLandingSite Bradbury Landing
officialName Aeolis Mons
orbitalImagingBy Mars Express
Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
partOf Aeolis quadrangle
scientificInterest Mars climate history
Mars habitability
ancient Martian lakes
sedimentary processes on Mars

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Vera Rubin Ridge partOf Mount Sharp
Rubin Ridge partOf Mount Sharp
Aeolis Palus adjacentTo Mount Sharp
Curiosity primaryTarget Gale Crater central mound Mount Sharp
linked to: Mount Sharp
Aeolis quadrangle notableFeature Gale Crater central mound (Aeolis Mons)
linked to: Mount Sharp
Aeolis Mons alsoKnownAs Mount Sharp
Aeolis Mons contains Mount Sharp lower slopes
linked to: Mount Sharp
VRR partOf Mount Sharp region
linked to: Mount Sharp
Hematite Ridge partOf Mount Sharp stratigraphy
linked to: Mount Sharp
Murray formation partOf Mount Sharp