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The film tells the story of Opportunity, nicknamed Oppy, a Mars rover launched in 2003 that was expected to operate for only 90 sols but explored Mars for nearly 15 years. . The film features archival and interview footage with scientists and engineers and re-creations of the rover's treks over the Martian landscape in search of wa
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 of the Sun to the same 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.
Remarkably, the 37-sol period also accidentally almost divides several time quantities of interest at the same time. In particular: One Martian year is approximately equal to 18 × (37 sols) + 2.59897 sols; Two Earth-Mars synodic periods are approximately equal to 41 × (37 sols) + 1.176 sols
The basic time periods from which the calendar is constructed are the Martian solar day (sometimes called a sol) and the Martian vernal equinox year.The sol is 39 minutes 35.244 seconds longer than the Terrestrial solar day, and the Martian vernal equinox year is 668.5907 sols in length (which corresponds to 686.9711 days on Earth).
The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. Drew Goddard adapted the screenplay from the 2011 novel by Andy Weir.It also stars Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, and Benedict Wong.
Under the Sun (Swedish: Under solen) is a Swedish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1998, [1] directed by Colin Nutley, adapted from the short story The Little Farm by H. E. Bates.
The film was originally scheduled for release on 25 November 2015, but Fox later switched its release date with that of Victor Frankenstein, and thus The Martian was released on 2 October 2015. [84] [85] The Martian was a critical and commercial success, grossed over $630 million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date. [86 ...
Heaven Is for Real is a 2014 American Christian drama film written and directed by Randall Wallace and co-written by Christopher Parker, based on Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent's 2010 book of the same name. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale, and Thomas Haden Church. [3]