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24th February 2017 – Sol 1620
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/02/24/24th-february-2017-sol-1620/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 24, 2017 We have been examining Ireson Hill and found this unusual 10-15 cm diameter rock- called Passagassawakakeag ! The shape is an almost perfect Dreikanter.
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Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/07/sol-0-first-image-of-mt-sharp/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.
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Book Group: A Tourist in Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/06/29/tourist-2/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on June 29, 2015 First Edition of A Tourist in Africa (1960) Before last Saturday, I kept quiet about A Tourist in Africa ’s reputation as Waugh’s ‘worst book’.
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Paul G Abel
https://le.ac.uk/people/paul-g-abel
The academic profile of Dr Paul G Abel, TF Lecturer in Theoretical Physics. Head of Year 3. at University of Leicester
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Saturday 25th August Sol 19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.
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6th April 2014 Sol 622
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/06/6th-april-2014-sol-623/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 6, 2014 I am visiting Thurso, which is on the far north Scottish coast. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, associated with the Dounreay nuclear facility, invited me to give a talk about Curiosity.
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Martin Coffey: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/author/martin_coffey/page/6/
Postgraduate Career Development Adviser, Doctoral College Team.
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Historian features in new BBC film
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/historian-features-in-new-bbc-film
A historian funded by the Wellcome Trust from our University has been involved with a new film to be shown on the BBC on Friday 23 June.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/6/
Academic Librarian.
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Leicester students solve age-old question: How much Christmas spirit is needed to lift Santa’s sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/christmas-spirit
Students at the University of Leicester have discovered the answer to an age-old question this Christmas: just how much Christmas spirit is required to lift Santa’s sleigh? Using equations and principles learned on their physics course, five student researchers calculated...