Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer
E399088
The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer is a suite of weather instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance rover that measures atmospheric conditions and dust on the Martian surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3919125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer Context triple: [MEDA, acronymFor, Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer]
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A.
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
The Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer is a compact infrared instrument used on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers to analyze the mineral composition and thermal properties of Martian rocks and soil.
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B.
Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser
The Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser is a scientific instrument designed to study the composition and structure of Mars’ upper atmosphere and exosphere.
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C.
SPICAV
SPICAV is a spectrometer instrument on the Venus Express spacecraft designed to study Venus’s atmosphere by analyzing its composition and structure across ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths.
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D.
Mars Colour Camera
The Mars Colour Camera is an imaging instrument aboard India's Mars Orbiter Mission designed to capture color photographs of Mars’ surface and its surroundings.
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E.
Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Moon Mineralogy Mapper is a NASA-designed imaging spectrometer that mapped the Moon’s surface composition in detail, notably helping confirm the presence of water and hydroxyl on the lunar surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer Target entity description: The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer is a suite of weather instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance rover that measures atmospheric conditions and dust on the Martian surface.
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A.
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
The Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer is a compact infrared instrument used on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers to analyze the mineral composition and thermal properties of Martian rocks and soil.
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B.
Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser
The Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser is a scientific instrument designed to study the composition and structure of Mars’ upper atmosphere and exosphere.
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C.
SPICAV
SPICAV is a spectrometer instrument on the Venus Express spacecraft designed to study Venus’s atmosphere by analyzing its composition and structure across ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths.
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D.
Mars Colour Camera
The Mars Colour Camera is an imaging instrument aboard India's Mars Orbiter Mission designed to capture color photographs of Mars’ surface and its surroundings.
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E.
Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Moon Mineralogy Mapper is a NASA-designed imaging spectrometer that mapped the Moon’s surface composition in detail, notably helping confirm the presence of water and hydroxyl on the lunar surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meteorological instrument
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scientific instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument suite ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MEDA ⓘ |
| collectsDataOn |
boundary layer dynamics
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diurnal atmospheric cycles ⓘ dust lifting events ⓘ seasonal atmospheric variations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Centro de Astrobiología
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Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
air temperature sensors
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ground temperature sensor ⓘ pressure sensor ⓘ radiation and dust sensor ⓘ relative humidity sensor ⓘ sky-facing radiation sensors ⓘ surface-facing radiation sensors ⓘ wind sensors ⓘ |
| landingDateOnMars | 2021-02-18 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Jezero Crater ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2020-07-30 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 541 ⓘ |
| locationOnRover |
mast
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rover deck ⓘ |
| measures |
air temperature
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atmospheric pressure ⓘ dust optical properties ⓘ dust size distribution ⓘ ground temperature ⓘ radiation flux ⓘ relative humidity ⓘ thermal radiation ⓘ wind direction ⓘ wind speed ⓘ |
| mission | Mars 2020 ⓘ |
| operator |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mars 2020 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Mars 2020
Perseverance rover ⓘ |
| powerSource | Perseverance rover power system ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | José Antonio Rodríguez-Manfredi ⓘ |
| purpose |
characterize Martian weather
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measure Martian atmospheric conditions ⓘ study Martian dust ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| supports |
Mars sample caching operations
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Perseverance rover operations ⓘ future human exploration planning ⓘ |
| targetPlanet | Mars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer Description of subject: The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer is a suite of weather instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance rover that measures atmospheric conditions and dust on the Martian surface.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.