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2. "No Contact" April 24 George Lefferts (story by George Lefferts & Ernest Kinoy) 3. "The Parade" May 1 George Lefferts: 4. "Mars is Heaven" May 8 Ray Bradbury (adapted by Ernest Kinoy) 5. "Universe" May 15 Robert A. Heinlein (adapted by George Lefferts) 6. "Knock" May 22 Fredric Brown (adapted by Ernest Kinoy) 7. "The Man in the Moon" May 29 ...
The corresponding values for Earth are currently 23 h 56 m 4.0916 s and 24 h 00 m 00.002 s, respectively, which yields a conversion factor of 1.027 491 2517 Earth days/sol: thus, Mars's solar day is only about 2.75% longer than Earth's; approximately 73 sols pass for every 75 Earth days.
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.
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).
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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 water. [3] [4]
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These Father's Day in heaven quotes do a good job at helping you reminisce. Taking a look back at the strong bond Ladd Drummond shared with his late father, ...