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While the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers and several orbiters have done excellent science on the surface and atmosphere of Mars, it has limited objects in its orbit compared to the planets of the outer Solar System.
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Hall, J.A. (2016). Mars. In: Moons of the Solar System. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20636-3_3
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