What season is it on Mars right now?
Monday, July 14, 2008
I just noticed that doing a search for the title (What season is it on Mars?) doesn't turn up any good search results in the first page, so I'm making this post for any future seekers on the seasons on Mars. Here's the page you want to look at, from planetary.org.
Right now it's July 2008, so we're just barely past this:
Ls = 90°and beginning to head towards this:
Northern Summer / Southern Winter
2008 Jun 25
Ls = 180°The Mars Rovers are both in the southern hemisphere. Spirit is in the Gusev Crater:
Northern Autumn / Southern Spring
2008 Dec 26
Gusev Crater is a crater on the planet Mars and is located at 175.4°E 14.6°SAnd Opportunity is in Meridiani Planum:
Meridiani Planum is a plain located 2 degrees south of Mars' equator (centered at 0.2° N, 257.5°E ), in the westernmost portion of Terra Meridiani.Which is why Opportunity has more power at the moment.
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