Sol (borrowed from the Latin word for sun) is a solar day on Mars; that is, a Mars-day. A sol is the apparent interval between two successive returns...
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much like Earth. Mars' orbital eccentricity is considerably larger, which causes its seasons to vary significantly in length. A sol, or Martian day, is...
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a Martian solar day (sol) is equal to 24.5 hours, and a Martian solar year is equal to 1.88 Earth years (687 Earth days). Mars has two natural satellites...
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Sol, sol, SOL, or Appendix:Variations of "sol" in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sol or SOL may refer to: The Sun Mars sol, solar day on Mars SOL Project...
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Timeline of Opportunity (redirect from Vostok (crater on Mars))
[dead link] "Mars Sols 4181-4187". NASA. "Mars Sols 4194-4201". NASA. "Mars Sols 4229-4246". NASA. "Mars Sols 4263-4268". NASA. "Streaks on Opportunity...
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Opportunity (rover) (redirect from Opportunity (Mars rover))
Opportunity was operational on Mars for 5111 sols (14 years, 138 days on Earth). Launched on July 7, 2003, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program...
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Spirit (rover) (redirect from Sleepy Hollow (Mars))
MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian...
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Sojourner (rover) (redirect from Mars Sojourner)
Sojourner rover reached Mars on July 4, 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder mission. Sojourner was operational on Mars for 92 sols (95 Earth days), and was...
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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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The Mars monolith is a rectangular object (possibly a boulder) discovered on the surface of Mars. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took pictures of it from...
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