Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
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Conjunction is over, so it is probably a good time to start a new thread.
I just saw this update from Scott via Twitter QUOTE ('marsroverdriver') Out of solar conjunction & planning to drive Spirit again. Woo-hoo! Come on, little hill-climber, you can do it! ![]() -------------------- |
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I was wondering - as you know, Spirit is trying to climb up a fairly steep slope. Looking at the direction of the dust streaks as it appears to "clear", could that be consistant with mechanical vibration aiding the clearance, or is that not possible - so this is purely the wind doing the work? To what extent could the clearing be an optical illusion - ie, when there is bright light fully reflected by the panels, they appear dusty, when not, the dusty patterns on the dark panels stand out..
Just my 2 cents.. |
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I was wondering if the dust movement was caused by a Marsquake.
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 ![]() |
But Mars crust is dead, and probably a quake strong enough to shake the rover would make a lot of dust go airborne over Gusev.
A very small vibration can't be the solution, or that shaking mode they tried to clean the MiniTES mirror would have been enough. |
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