Sentences with phrase «rich surface composition»

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It would focus on the composition and thickness of the ocean, already reckoned to be briny and rich in magnesium salts following previous observations of seeps to the surface by other space probes flying nearby.

No meteorites on Earth have ever been linked with Ceres, so its surface composition remains unknown, though it may be layered with water - rich minerals, and frost might cover its poles.

To satisfy microbial nutritional fitness, the research team uses mineral mixtures that mimic the Martian regolith composition from different locations and historical periods of Mars: «JSC 1A» is mainly composed of palagonite — a rock that was created by lava; «P - MRS» is rich in hydrated phyllosilicates; the sulfate containing «S - MRS,» emerging from acidic times on Mars and the highly porous «MRS07 / 52» that consists of silicate and iron compounds and simulates sediments of the Martian surface.

NWA 7034's water - rich composition, the researchers contend, bolsters the notion that Mars may have long ago boasted a much warmer and wetter surface than it has today.

In addition, Ceres» light spectrum suggests that it may have ammonium - rich clay at the surface, which would fit the expected ammonia - rich composition of large, differentiated substellar objects in the outer Solar System, including the «plutoids» defined on June 11, 2008 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as a new class of bright «dwarf planets beyond the orbit of Neptune (IAU press release).

The suites are a composition of rich natural surfaces such as local limestone and pine, and feature minimalist wooden furniture and luxe beds by Maxalto.

While Borremans's technical command of his medium recalls classical painting — the rich tactility and special glow of his painted surfaces evoke the Old Master tradition and artists such as Francisco Goya — his compositions elude traditional interpretative strategies.

Inasmuch as actual physical parts form shapes and surfaces to be painted, Stella's rich illusionistic mix has pushed composition outward from the wall, while retaining the idea of pictorialism in the use of pattern and gesture to create an anomalous fictive space on any given surface.