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Eclipse Season On Mars
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post Feb 29 2004, 12:23 AM
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Anyone watch the press conference on Thursday 26th Feb? They announced that the rovers are going to attempt to image a solar eclipse. Would be great to get some views of the landscape with the shadow moving across as well as images of the sun itself.

An interesting article about Martian solar eclipses:

http://mars.astrobio.net/news/print.php?sid=219

Apparently these eclipses last about 30 seconds
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post Feb 29 2004, 09:57 PM
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Beagle 2 had a UV sensor that would have detected the actual shadow crossing over the landing site - not sure what similar caperbility they can use on the rovers, perhaps use solar array voltage. I think there's at least one Solar Cell specifically designed to be measured very carefully for degredation and dust deposition - perhaps it would be best polled for this info during eclipse.

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- Sunspot   Eclipse Season On Mars   Feb 29 2004, 12:23 AM
- - brachiopod   Maybe you know this, but the Viking lander was use...   Feb 29 2004, 04:06 AM
- - djellison   Beagle 2 had a UV sensor that would have detected ...   Feb 29 2004, 09:57 PM
- - OWW   It looks like the new eclipse season has arrived. ...   Feb 20 2005, 10:27 AM
- - alan   another one http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spiri...   Feb 21 2005, 09:10 AM
- - Pando   Last one was around 10:01:21 Spirit local time on ...   Feb 22 2005, 12:59 AM
- - dilo   The complete SOL406 sequence (10sec apart):   Feb 26 2005, 07:59 AM
- - mhoward   Okay, what eclipsed the sun on Spirit Sol 420? It ...   Mar 10 2005, 12:56 AM
- - erwan   Browsed.... MMB MovieMaker...   Mar 10 2005, 01:07 AM
- - erwan   I bet Deimos: one mars bar (to be shared)...   Mar 10 2005, 01:13 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (erwan @ Mar 9 2005, 06:13 PM)I bet Dei...   Mar 10 2005, 02:05 AM
- - OWW   Here is the animation ( shaky-cam )   Mar 10 2005, 10:12 PM

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