One Martian Year!, And still going strong... |
One Martian Year!, And still going strong... |
Nov 19 2005, 06:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
One martian year coming up in a few hours!
Nov. 19, 12:23:40 PM UTC if my math is correct It's hard to describe what a fantastic achivement this is. So I'll just say: Let's keep on roving! _||_____O___|__ /////////////////// -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Nov 21 2005, 03:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
QUOTE (helvick @ Nov 19 2005, 10:16 AM) I'm not sure if I totally agree dot.dk's calculation of the exact timing of the birthsol but the Birthday card is so damn fine that I need to beg his forgiveness for being a nit pick. Sol 1 started on the Midnight before Spirit's landing. There are 668.5921 Sols in a Martian tropical year. It can be argued that the Marsiversary Sol should therefore start on Sol 669. * However the the exact timing of the passing of 1 Martian year from the start of Sol 1 takes place at 14.21 local Martian time on Spirit Sol 669 due the 0.5921 fractional part. Spirit landed at 14:26 local time (LST-A) on Sol-1 so the timing of 1 Martian year after that actually occurs at 4:47 on Sol 670. * Using Earth Dates and Days. Landing: January 4 2004 at 04:36 UTC. Martian tropical year (in days) 686.9725. Add the two and you get 03:56 on November 21 2005 for the actual event. Happy Marsiversary Spirit |
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Nov 21 2005, 04:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (alan @ Nov 21 2005, 02:58 PM) What an amazing achevement! (to add to all the other amazing achevements ) Who would have thought it, I remember being amazed when the number 250 was mentioned at around sol 90! I would surely have laughed at anybody silly enough to talk about ONE WHOLE MARTIAN YEAR! Bring on Oppys marsiversary in three weeks, then were off toward the heady realms of Sol 1000, I think I feel feint Amazing days (sols), James -------------------- |
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Nov 22 2005, 01:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
I already posted image in another thread, but now I think this is the best place for Full-Res version.
This is my tribute to MER team, deepest gratitude to you! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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