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The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II for the Phobos-Grunt mission

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Möessbauer spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the mineralogical analysis of Fe-bearing materials. The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II has already been working on the surface of Mars for 6 years as part of the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers mission. The improved version of the instrument is a component of the scientific payload of the Phobos-Grunt mission. The scientific objectives of the instrument are the following: to identify the iron-bearing phases, to determine the quantitative distribution of iron among these phases, and to determine the distribution of iron among its oxidation states.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 84/32, Moscow, 117810, Russia

    D. S. Rodionov, E. N. Evlanov, O. F. Prilutskii, A. F. Shlyk & V. M. Linkin

  2. Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    D. S. Rodionov, G. Klingelhoefer, M. Blumers, J. Gironés, J. Maul & I. Fleischer

  3. Von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH, Schwetzingen, Germany

    B. Bernhardt

  4. Space Research Center (CESR), Paul Sabatier University, CNRS, Toulouse, France

    C. d’Uston

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Original Russian Text © D.S. Rodionov, G. Klingelhoefer, E.N. Evlanov, M. Blumers, B. Bernhardt, J. Gironés, J. Maul, I. Fleischer, O.F. Prilutskii, A.F. Shlyk, V.M. Linkin, C. d’Uston, 2010, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 391–399.

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Rodionov, D.S., Klingelhoefer, G., Evlanov, E.N. et al. The miniaturized Möessbauer spectrometer MIMOS II for the Phobos-Grunt mission. Sol Syst Res 44, 362–370 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094610050023

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