800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
Jun 6 2009, 07:04 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
With Spirit producing an annoyingly large amount of power given her current predicament, the time may well have come to re-open the Gusev astronomy society. Anyone have any dusk / nightime observation ideas?
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Jun 6 2009, 05:10 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Still think it would be worth staring at appropriate patches of sky an hour or two after/before sunset/sunrise every sol for a few weeks in a row to try to recover any of the defunct orbiters. Should be able to find them, & then identify them by their inclinations (which shouldn't have changed much if at all over the years).
What almost certainly did change for all of them is their orbital radii & therefore their periods, and most of this would be due to times of increased atmospheric drag. This is an aspect of the LMO environment that hasn't been studied over a prolonged span. Mariner 9, the Vikings, and the 70s Soviet Mars orbiters could provide some interesting data in this regard, which in turn could lead to better modeling of the thermal response of Mars' upper atmosphere to solar effects, albedo changes due to dust storms, etc. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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