Our Favortite Martian [Plot]

Authors

Virginia M. Wright

Volume Number

63, No. 7

Pages

22-22

Abstract

Explains the naming of a small territory on the planet of Mars for the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. This area was explored by NASA's robotic rover, Curiosity. The area was named by Katie Stack Morgan, a research scientist at NASA and also a summer visitor to Bar Harbor.

Subjects

International Astronomical Union (IAU) convention, targets, Bar Harbor, Katie Stack Morgan, NASA, Jet Propulsion Labs, Pasadena

Recommended Citation

Wright, Virginia M., "Our Favortite Martian [Plot]" (2018). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 4829.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/4829