Bounce Rock Explained

Bounce Rock
Type:	Rock
Coordinates:	-1.9°N 354.5°W

Bounce Rock is a football-sized primarily pyroxene rock found within the Meridiani Planum of the planet Mars. It was discovered and observed by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in April 2004. The rock was named for it having been struck by Opportunity as the craft bounced to a stop during its landing stage.

Bounce Rock bears a striking resemblance^[1] to a class of meteorites found on Earth known as shergottites, that are believed to have originated from Mars.

Bopolu (crater) was identified as a possible source of Bounce rock.^[2]

External links

• Nasa's Mars Exploration Program

Notes and References

1. Squyres et al., 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.111, E12S12, doi:10.1029/2006JE002771, "Overview of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Meridiani Planum - Eagle Crater to Purgatory Ripple".
2. Web site: Opportunity Mars Rover mission: Overview and selected results from Purgatory ripple to traverses to Endeavour crater. 2016-10-14 . 2013-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130721184622/http://web.mit.edu/mobility/publications/2010JE003746.pdf . dead .