Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Mar 19 2014, 07:15 AM
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Apr 12 2014, 05:19 AM
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New improved and re-organized plots layout (in particular, notice the inverted-axis direction for opacity, now coherent with energy and dust factor trends):
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May 13 2014, 05:06 PM
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Update to Sol3656
In the last week we had best drive distances recorded in the last 10 months. Moreover, dust-clean and energy levels are quite impressive! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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May 22 2014, 05:05 AM
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May 22 2014, 04:13 PM
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Thanks as always, Dilo - especially for the long term plot. In your first plot, the dust factor is actually better than it looks, since it can't get larger than 1.0 (barring mis-calibration).
It would be interesting to see increases in dust factor somehow indicated on a traverse map, so we could see if/how they correlate with location. But having only the weekly numbers might make it hard. |
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May 22 2014, 06:33 PM
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Fred, you're right about dust plot scale, I decided to use a maximum higher than 1 in order to avoid strong superposition of the two curves...
about the dust-route map, it's a nice idea but I think the major player in dust deposition is time related, not location related... anyway, we would have many "rest" locations associated with multiple dust levels, eventually with very different values! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 8 2014, 08:15 AM
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Jun 27 2014, 09:11 AM
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I didn't update this for a long time.
Some remarks. Lunokhod 2 odometry is not yet official. I found harder to check the distance from the landing place for Curiosity than for Oppy (kmz file help). Anyway, for Mars, this information is from my own measurement. I finally thought to sum up distances! We're close to have roved 200 km on extra terrestrial bodies. Any remark welcomed. Actual total odometry 1. Lunokhod 2 42.00 km 2. Opportunity (3696) 39.5 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 35.89 km 4. Apollo 15 rover 27.76 km 5. Apollo 16 rover 26.55 km 6. Lunokhod 1 10.50 km 7. Curiosity (671) 8.317 km 8. Spirit 7.73 km 9. Sojourner 0.085 km Total distance on: Moon 142.7 km Mars 55.632 All 198.332 Actual maximum distance from landing place 1. Opportunity (3696) 21.695 km 2. Lunokhod 2 14.39 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 7.2 km 4. Apollo 15 rover 5.0 km 5. Apollo 16 rover 4.6 km 6. Curiosity (671) 4.537 km (will be 7.870 km at MB entry point) 7. Spirit 3.62 km 8. Lunokhod 1 2.26 km 9. Sojourner 0.01 km -------------------- |
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Jun 27 2014, 02:43 PM
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What about adding Yutu? (I think we can consider the actual odometry figures as definitive, now....)
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Jun 27 2014, 07:27 PM
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Yep... Me too
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Jul 1 2014, 03:55 PM
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Jul 10 2014, 09:25 AM
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Update now include Yutu (Thanks Dilo).
Yutu estimated distances from Phil's latest map. Actual total odometry 1. Lunokhod 2 42.00 km 2. Opportunity (3696) 39.5 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 35.89 km 4. Apollo 15 rover 27.76 km 5. Apollo 16 rover 26.55 km 6. Lunokhod 1 10.50 km 7. Curiosity (683) 8.588 km 8. Spirit 7.73 km 9. Yutu 0.11 km 10. Sojourner 0.085 km Actual maximum distance from landing place 1. Opportunity (3696) 21.695 km 2. Lunokhod 2 14.39 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 7.2 km 4. Apollo 15 rover 5.0 km 5. Curiosity (683) 4,650 km (will be 7870m at MB entry point) 6. Apollo 16 rover 4.6 km 7. Spirit 3.62 km 8. Lunokhod 1 2.26 km 9. Yutu 0.04 km 10. Sojourner 0.01 km -------------------- |
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Jul 10 2014, 10:16 AM
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Update now include Yutu (Thanks Dilo). So Yutu beats Sojurner in both lists! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jul 10 2014, 11:25 AM
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Yes but, you know, some people think that Sojurner is still alive wandering somewhere on Mars
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Oct 22 2014, 05:13 PM
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Update.
Some changes since last one. Oppy is now n°1 in total odometry as well as maximum distance from landing place. Curiosity overtook Apollo 15 rover for maximum distance from landing place and is about to get more odometry than Lunokhod 1 (missing another 100m or so) Actual total odometry 1. Opportunity (3798) 40,78 km 2. Lunokhod 2 39.00 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 35.89 km 4. Apollo 15 rover 27.76 km 5. Apollo 16 rover 26.55 km 6. Lunokhod 1 9.93 km 7. Curiosity (785) 9.834 km 8. Spirit 7.73 km 9. Yutu 0.1189 10. Sojourner 0.085 km Actual maximum distance from landing place 1. Opportunity (3798) 22.95 km 2. Lunokhod 2 14.39 km 3. Apollo 17 rover 7.2 km 4. Curiosity (683) 5,3 km 5. Apollo 15 rover 5.0 km 6. Apollo 16 rover 4.6 km 7. Spirit 3.62 km 8. Lunokhod 1 2.26 km 9. Yutu 0.04 10. Sojourner 0.01 km -------------------- |
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