standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature...
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meridian (sundial time) as seen by an observer on Mars. It is one of several units for timekeeping on Mars. A sol is slightly longer than an Earth day....
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terraforming the planet. Currently, only robotic landers and rovers have been on Mars. The farthest humans have been beyond Earth is the Moon, under the U.S...
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Earth's Moon. Mars has a 124,000-year obliquity cycle compared to 41,000 years for Earth. Climate of Mars Extraterrestrial skies Timekeeping on Mars Transit...
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Timekeeping on the Moon is an issue of synchronized human activity on the Moon and contact with such. The two main differences to timekeeping on Earth...
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The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive...
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colonization of Mars is the proposed process of establishing and maintaining control of Martian land for exploitation and the possible settlement of Mars. Most...
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from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on Mars. During...
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Epoch (redirect from Epoch (timekeeping))
predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon Timekeeping on Mars – Proposed approaches to tracking date and time on the planet Mars Solomin, Rachel M. "Counting the...
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Water ice on Mars likeliest areas (December 10, 2019) Mars – Utopia Planitia Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small...
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The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent...
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red...
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Cydonia (/sɪˈdoʊniə/, /saɪˈdoʊniə/) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred...
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The MARS-500 mission was a psychosocial isolation experiment conducted between 2007 and 2011 by Russia, the European Space Agency, and China, in preparation...
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Time zone (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
International Space Station normally uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Timekeeping on Mars can be more complex, since the planet has a solar day of approximately...
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Mars' carbonate catastrophe was an event that happened on Mars in its early history. Evidence shows Mars was once warmer and wet about 4 billion years...
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Mars MetNet, a proposed meteorological network on Mars Water on Mars Terraforming of Mars Mars carbonate catastrophe "Mars Quick Facts" (PDF). mars.nasa...
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1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Beagle 2 Curiosity Deep Space 2 InSight Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance Phoenix Rosalind Franklin...
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Elon Musk to colonize Mars. The main element of this is the plan to establish a self-sustained large scale settlement on Mars and enable self-determination...
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Olympus Mons (category Mountains on Mars)
Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), about...
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Coordinated Lunar Time (category Timekeeping)
the LTC is meant to address. Timekeeping on Mars Coordinated Universal Time LunaNet Exploration of the Moon "Telling time on the Moon". European Space Agency...
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The two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are...
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The Phobos monolith is a large rock on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos. It is a boulder, about 85 m (279 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) tall. A monolith...
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EscaPADE (category Missions to Mars)
Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) is a planned spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold. The mission, expected...
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Deimos (moon) (redirect from Mars II)
Deimos /ˈdaɪməs/ (systematic designation: Mars II) is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean...
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The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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Space science Timekeeping on Mars Weinersmith, Kelly; Weinersmith, Zach (27 December 2023). "The Beautiful Desolation of Life on Mars — On Earth". The New...
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Martian canals (redirect from Canals on Mars)
"canals" on the planet Mars. These were a network of long straight lines in the equatorial regions from 60° north to 60° south latitude on Mars, observed...
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The following is a list of regions on Mars given the name Terra (pl. Terrae). Most cover large, rugged areas, often including outflow channels, cratering...
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Mars has an orbit with a semimajor axis of 1.524 astronomical units (228 million km) (12.673 light minutes), and an eccentricity of 0.0934. The planet...
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