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Oppy: Improve The Power Of Solar Arrays, Ways to clean solar arrays
RNeuhaus
post Oct 14 2005, 04:47 PM
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Now Oppy is struggling to move over the dunes of Meridiani Planum. Its power solar is somewhat above than critical and not as good as ones of Spirit.

Not everyday, Oppy can rover. Now, she is nearing to Erebus and its rim has taller dunes.

I tought it would be a good place for Oppy to stay for some days close to any rim or between big dunes in order to catch better wind to clean its solar arrays. This will also apply when Oppy is standing by the rim of Victoria crater.

Now Spirit is clean thanks to the strong wind on the Columbia Hill. The above lands is usually have greater winds than the lowers surfaces. But the Meridiani Planum has no hills and the best places would be around the rims or between tall dunes....

Will that idea work for Oppy pancam.gif

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post Oct 19 2005, 08:53 PM
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Joffan said: "Cleaning events" seems to be more effective when the rovers are tilted.


That might very well be true, but I would still not recommend that they parked Opportunity in one such position and waiting for a gust of wind to clean the solar panels.
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- RNeuhaus   Oppy: Improve The Power Of Solar Arrays   Oct 14 2005, 04:47 PM
- - ljk4-1   If they could speed Oppy up (as much as possible) ...   Oct 14 2005, 05:05 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 14 2005, 06:05 PM)If...   Oct 14 2005, 05:16 PM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 14 2005, 05:05 PM)If...   Oct 14 2005, 05:33 PM
- - djellison   The reason they're not driving every day right...   Oct 14 2005, 08:05 PM
|- - sapodilla   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 14 2005, 10:05 PM)2) F...   Oct 14 2005, 08:22 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 14 2005, 03:05 PM)3) D...   Oct 14 2005, 08:26 PM
- - RNeuhaus   According to the Earth experience, I know where th...   Oct 14 2005, 08:19 PM
- - Joffan   "Cleaning events" seems to be more effec...   Oct 14 2005, 09:03 PM
- - Myran   QUOTE Joffan said: "Cleaning events" see...   Oct 19 2005, 08:53 PM

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