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Today's Twitter feed included a link to a NASA feature:
go.nasa.gov/2FEG02h
That link translated to:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190117.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The scene on offer is from Sweden, and it features a skyscape set against a cabin in a remote location.
This picture inspired the thought that similar views of the night sky on Mars should be spectacular.
No doubt the Moon would be a similarly advantageous location for spectacular photography, beyond the examples already provided by the Apollo expeditions.
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Depends on what is working still, new machines being sent and what sort of qualifies for a discovery...
The JPL site has a selector to narrow up what you would like to see
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/
Mission details and more is available
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/
Of course from the top of the page is the http://www.marsnews.com/
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2019/01/18 Today on Mars Post
Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html
Martian Year: 34 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11
Solar Longitude: 325.9 Sol Number: 606
Previous SL: 325.3 Previous Sol: 605
Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.
Sol 606 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613
Candidate names for this month are: Wisdom, Wallaby
Note that the Martian Sol will repeat in this report every 36 (Days or Sols – not sure)
1440 minutes in Terran day / 39 minutes longer on Mars >> 36 and change
The purpose of this series is to try out a concept for a reliable, practical business calendar.
A reliable, practical calendar is helpful for scheduling non-business group activities.
This morning I joined other volunteers for a work session that is scheduled for weeks in advance for regular participants, and as little as a day in advance for last minute help.
It seems likely to me that associations of persons deployed on Mars will likewise schedule volunteer activities to support the community in a variety of ways.
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2019/01/19 Today on Mars Post
Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html
Martian Year: 34 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11
Solar Longitude: 326.4 Sol Number: 607
Previous SL: 325.9 Previous Sol: 606
Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.
Sol 607 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613
Candidate names for this month are: Wisdom, Wallaby
Note that the Martian Sol will repeat in this report every 36 (Days or Sols – not sure)
1440 minutes in Terran day / 39 minutes longer on Mars >> 36 and change
The purpose of this series is to try out a concept for a reliable, practical business calendar.
A reliable, practical calendar is helpful for reporting weather trends and forecasts.
While weather on Mars is distinctly different from that on Earth, forecasts will be important for planning, whether of business, government, or social activities.
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As much as we use a calendar to keep dates and schedules there are not all that many holidays that are observed but here is a list that contains others.
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SpaceNut ... Your ability to find interesting articles related to a discussion is remarkable every day, but on THIS occasion it is like a fly fisherman who lands a 42 pound trout in this find!
I am surprised to discover that January 20th is one of the FEW days without a holiday of some kind!
Carrying that thought further ... EVERY day is a birthday, and thus a special day to millions of people, their relatives and friends.
And THAT leads me to the realization that a reliable, understandable calendar will be necessary for recording births and deaths on Mars, marriages and divorces, and other events which are date related for legal purposes.
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As much as we use a calendar to keep dates and schedules there are not all that many holidays that are observed but here is a list that contains others.
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Updates of this post have moved offline, due to Internal Server Errors on the FluxBB server at newmars.com
SearchTerm:TodayOnMars
SearchTerm:CalendarForMars
Today on Mars: 0037/02/23 Monday <<-- Days of the week offset 4 with Earth. (count from Mars to Earth (updated 2022/12/24))
Today on Earth: 2023/02/17 Friday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred June 20, 2022 Earth Calendar]
Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html also see: in-the-sky.org for opposition/perigee/aphelion
Martian Year: 37 Martian Astronomical Month in 12 month format: 1 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 30 degrees
Solar Longitude: 025.1 Sol Number: 051 Change in degrees is +.4 Julian date is: J0037051
Solar Longitude: 024.7 Sol Number: 050 Change in degrees is +.5 Julian date is: J0037050
Solar Longitude: 024.2 Sol Number: 049 Change in degrees is +.5 Julian date is: J0037049 << Skip Day on Mars
Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit. Ls 0 is the moment when the Sun appears to transit from one hemisphere to the other. Update from Mars.NASA.gov (The Sun crosses the equator of Mars (Vernal Equinox)). The transition itself is a function of the tilt of an object with respect to the Solar plane. Per squarewidget.com, Hipparchus created the celestial coordinate system we use today.
Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars as seen from Earth
Todo: At next Aphelion/Perihelion record the Mars data J00##### (and set Search term)
Perihelion occurred at Ls 251 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2022/06/21 Next: (estimated) 2024/05/08
Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 Earth Date 2020/08/03 Earlier: 2018/09/16, 2016/10/29
Aphelion occurred at--- Ls 071 on Sol 152. Aphelion Earth Dates: Earlier: 2017/10/07, 2015/11/20
Aphelion occurred near Ls 070 on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)
Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.
Note on data below: The figure quoted after distance is a rate of progress along the orbital path [exact meaning to be determined]
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun.
The figure computed to the right of "Difference" is the rate of change of the distance to Sun. Increasing to Aphelion/Decreasing to Perihelion.
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Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 241,603,473 km [22.7 km/s] Difference is +141633 <= 5901 km/hour at 08.0 on 02/16 (time 8:00) <<== 24.0 hours
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 241,461,840 km [22.7 km/s] Difference is +142407 <= 5934 km/hour at 08.0 on 02/15 (time 8:00) <<== 24.0 hours
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 241,319,433 km [22.8 km/s] Difference is +143573 <= 5982 km/hour at 08.0 on 02/14 (time 8:00) <<== 24.0 hours
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Observation: The sky view is ** filled ** with objects and very few have been recorded and given identification by humans or their robot assistants
And! ** All ** the location assignments are from the perspective of Earth. The entire catalog needs to be adjusted when inter-stellar travel begins
The work that lies ahead for the astronomical community is daunting - there is work ahead for centuries
2022/01/19 - All current (existing) stellar catalogs are computed with reference to the Earth. Another civilization would use it's planet as reference.
Perhaps a Milky Way frame of reference will become necessary at some point. The Earth is as good a Zero point as any, for humans.
=== Mars is in Regular Movement as seen from Earth. Mars is progressing from right to left in the view from Earth.
Next up: Galaxy below path PGC 1716903 RA 04h 51m 08.4s Day 0 at far left
TYC 1835-734-1 Mg 11.19 RA 04h 49m 50.1s below path Day 0 - far left - Day 1 - under 10 hour marker
Star HIP 22334 Mg 8.22 RA 04h 44m 35.2s Far below path Day 0 at far left of view - Day 2 just ahead of Mars
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Zoom Out Capability As a general observation ... I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view (Zoom out)
Update 2022/12/08 TheSkyLive.com provides a large view of selected objects: Select [Major Bodies] Then select [Information] in the body of interest
Update 2022/12/08 Scroll down to (body) Position and Finder Charts. Field of view is 50x30 degrees.
Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line heading straight to the left at a slight upward angle.
As of 2023/01/11, the curve of the path has returned to regular movement to the left border
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Earth Distance 2022/02/15 151,428,888 (increasing)
Earth Distance 2022/02/14 150,016,037 (increasing)
Earth Distance 2022/02/13 148,566,480 (increasing)
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Mars and Earth are moving apart after Opposition. The two planets were on opposite sides of the Sun at Earth Distance maximum October 2021.
Mars and Earth were in Opposition (Earth center) in December of 2022. The date coincided with a (very rare) occultation of Mars by the Moon.
Mars and Earth appear to have been as close as they will get in this cycle. 81,454,323 kilometers on J0036644 Time: 4.53 minutes - 9 minutes round trip
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Estimated light times: 1:18, 2:36, 3:54, 4:72, 5:90, 6:108, 7:126, 8:144, 9:162, 10:180, 11:198,12:216, 13:234, 14:252, 15:270, 16:288, 17:306
Light travel time today is between 8 and 9 minutes. Communications delay would be 16+ minutes round trip.
In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.
Regular movement of Mars as seen from Earth resumed as of 2023/01/13. RA is once again increasing.
According to www.hercampus.com, Retrograde movement began October 30, 2022.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars movement will occur in months ahead.
This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1. Viewed 2022/10/13: Opposition will occur some time in December of 2022. Per earthsky.org, the date is December 8, 2022.
This web site offers an online orrery view of the Solar System: https://www.theplanetstoday.com/
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Sol 049 is in Month 02 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 02 extends from Sol 029 through 056. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 02
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 049 is Saturday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. Sol 012 was a skip day on Earth. Year 37 Sol 49 is next expected skip day.
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The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 37
Per www.planetary.org Year 36 started 2021/02/07 on Earth. Mars Year 37 began 2022/12/27 on Earth.
The last Skip Day occurred February 15, 2023 on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
The next Skip day is expected March 24, 2023 (range 15th >> 17th) on Earth. The next re-alignment will occur near: June 23, 2023
For those who may not be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.
The next cycle began on the first Sol of the period of coincidence. The alignment of weekdays interval is in the range: (310 - 337)
To find the first day of a period of coincidence: Set up: SearchTerm(colon) and (colon)Alignment and J0036*
Refinements of the search include: Author: tahanson43206 Topic: Martian Politics and Economy (Specify Posts instead of Topics)
For current weather on Mars see:
***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insight's weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl*** <<-- Insight's mission is over (2022)
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/
Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest
All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries
Standard Month in Mars Business Calendar
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Month 2 of 24: Month 2 of Quarter 1 Year 36 (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 29 36 43 50
Monday 30 37 44 51
Tuesday 31 38 45 52
Wednesday 32 39 46 53
Thursday 33 40 47 54
Friday 34 41 48 55 Friday is skipped last month of quarter
Saturday 35 42 49 56 (This month has 28 Sols)
Month 1 of 24: First month of Quarter 1 and first month of Mars Year 37
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 1 8 15 22
Monday 2 9 16 23
Tuesday 3 10 17 24
Wednesday 4 11 18 25
Thursday 5 12 19 26
Friday 6 13 20 27 Friday is skipped last month of quarter
Saturday 7 14 21 28 (This month has 28 Sols)
Month 24 of 24: Last month of Quarter 4 and Last month of Mars year
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22 (This month has 27 Sols)
Sunday 642 649 656 663
Monday 643 650 657 664
Tuesday 644 651 658 665
Wednesday 645 652 659 666
Thursday 646 653 660 667
Friday 647 654 661 <<== Skipping Friday because Last Week of Quarter 4
Saturday 648 655 662 668 <<== This day will be extended in length to complete the year
Month 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 614 621 628 635
Monday 615 622 629 636
Tuesday 616 623 630 637
Wednesday 617 624 631 638
Thursday 618 625 632 639
Friday 619 626 633 640
Saturday 620 627 634 641 <<== there are 28 days in Month 23
Month 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 586 593 600 607
Monday 587 594 601 608
Tuesday 588 595 602 609
Wednesday 589 596 603 610
Thursday 590 597 604 611
Friday 591 598 605 612
Saturday 592 599 606 613 <<== there are 28 days in Month 22
Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 558 565 572 579
Monday 559 566 573 580
Tuesday 560 567 574 581
Wednesday 561 568 575 582
Thursday 562 569 576 583
Friday 563 570 577 584
Saturday 564 571 578 585 <<28 days in Month 21
Month 20 of 24: <<== Second month of Quarter 4
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 530 537 544 551
Monday 531 538 545 552
Tuesday 532 539 546 553
Wednesday 533 540 547 554
Thursday 534 541 548 555
Friday 535 542 549 556 <<== Skip Day in Year 35
Saturday 536 543 550 557 <<== 28 days in Month 20
Month 19 of 24: <<== First month of Quarter 4
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 502 509 516 523
Monday 503 510 517 524
Tuesday 504 511 518 525
Wednesday 505 512 519 526
Thursday 506 513 520 527
Friday 507 514 521 528
Saturday 508 515 522 529 <<== 28 days in Month 19
Month 18 of 24: Last month of Quarter 3 << There are 27 days in Month 18 <<== Proposed name: Perihelion
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 475 482 489 496
Monday 476 483 490 497
Tuesday 477 484 491 498
Wednesday 478 485 492 499
Thursday 479 486 493 500
Friday 480 487 494 <<== Skipped Friday in Last month of Quarter
Saturday 481 488 495 501
Month 17 of 24: << There are 28 days in Month 17. Fifth month of Q3
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 447 454 461 468
Monday 448 455 462 469
Tuesday 449 456 463 470
Wednesday 450 457 464 471
Thursday 451 458 465 472
Friday 452 459 466 473
Saturday 453 460 467 474
Month 16 of 24: Fourth month of the 3rd Quarter and Second Half
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 419 426 433 440
Monday 420 427 434 441
Tuesday 421 428 435 442
Wednesday 422 429 436 443
Thursday 423 430 437 444
Friday 424 431 438 445
Saturday 425 432 439 446
Month 15 of 24: Third month of the 3rd Quarter and Second Half
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 391 398 405 412
Monday 392 399 406 413
Tuesday 393 400 407 414
Wednesday 394 401 408 415
Thursday 395 402 409 416
Friday 396 403 410 417
Saturday 397 404 411 418
Month 14 of 24: Second month of the 3rd Quarter and 2nd Half
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 363 370 377 384
Monday 364 371 378 385
Tuesday 365 372 379 386
Wednesday 366 373 380 387
Thursday 367 374 381 388
Friday 368 375 382 389
Saturday 369 376 383 390
Month 13 of 24: This is the first month of the 3rd Quarter and 2nd Half
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 335 342 349 356
Monday 336 343 350 357
Tuesday 337 344 351 358
Wednesday 338 345 352 359
Thursday 339 346 353 360
Friday 340 347 354 361
Saturday 341 348 355 362
Month 12 of 24: This is the last month of the Second Quarter. (27 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 308 315 322 329
Monday 309 316 323 330
Tuesday 310 317 324 331
Wednesday 311 318 325 332
Thursday 312 319 326 333
Friday 313 320 327 <<==skip Friday due to end of Quarter
Saturday 314 321 328 334
Month 11 of 24: Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 280 287 294 301
Monday 281 288 295 302
Tuesday 282 289 296 303
Wednesday 283 290 297 304
Thursday 284 291 298 305
Friday 285 292 299 306
Saturday 286 293 300 307
Month 10 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 252 259 266 273
Monday 253 260 267 274
Tuesday 254 261 268 275
Wednesday 255 262 269 276
Thursday 256 263 270 277
Friday 257 264 271 278
Saturday 258 265 272 279
Month 9 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 224 231 238 245
Monday 225 232 239 246
Tuesday 226 233 240 247
Wednesday 227 234 241 248
Thursday 228 235 242 249
Friday 229 236 243 250
Saturday 230 237 244 251
Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 196 203 210 217
Monday 197 204 211 218
Tuesday 198 205 212 219
Wednesday 199 206 213 220
Thursday 200 207 214 221
Friday 201 208 215 222
Saturday 202 209 216 223
Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 168 175 182 189
Monday 169 176 183 190
Tuesday 170 177 184 191
Wednesday 171 178 185 192
Thursday 172 179 186 193 <<== skip day 2021
Friday 173 180 187 194
Saturday 174 181 188 195
Month 6 of 24 - Quarter 1 of 4 [Month 1-6] (This month has 27 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 141 148 155 162
Monday 142 149 156 163
Tuesday 143 150 157 164
Wednesday 144 151 158 165
Thursday 145 152 159 166
Friday 146 153 160 <<== skipped Friday in last week of a quarter
Saturday 147 154 161 167
Month 5 of 24 - Quarter 1 of 4 [Month 1-6] (This month has 28 Sols) << Proposed name: Aphelion
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 113 120 127 134
Monday 114 121 128 135
Tuesday 115 122 129 136
Wednesday 116 123 130 137
Thursday 117 124 131 138
Friday 118 125 132 139
Saturday 119 126 133 140
Month 4 of 24 Quarter 1 of 4 [Month 1-6] (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 85 92 99 106
Monday 86 93 100 107
Tuesday 87 94 101 108
Wednesday 88 95 102 109
Thursday 89 96 103 110
Friday 90 97 104 111
Saturday 91 98 105 112 << 28*4 >> 32+80
Month 3 of 24 Quarter 1 of 4 (This month has 28 Sols)
Day-of-Week 1 8 15 22
Sunday 57 64 71 78
Monday 58 65 72 79
Tuesday 59 66 73 80
Wednesday 60 67 74 81
Thursday 61 68 75 82
Friday 62 69 76 83
Saturday 63 70 77 84 << 28*3 >> 24+60
Update 2022/12/28 .... The first Sol of Year 37 will be J0037001
Update 2022/08/31 .... The first Sol of the current series was J0035001
The date of the post is 2019/03/25 1255 days have elapsed
687 days from 2019/03/25 would have been: February 9, 2021
Search terms are set up: J0035001 J0036001 and J0035668
The end of Mars year 36 is expected December 28, 2022 on Earth
This date will mark two complete orbits of Mars observed by NewMars forum
The Earth weekday and the Mars weekday synchronize every 36*7 Earth days (252)
Mars Calendar Spreadsheet: Summary for One Mars Year
Plan: 24 months of 28 days each less 1 day per quarter
and an extended day on New Year's Eve
Month Days Sum First Day Last Day Quarter
1 28 28 1 28 1
2 28 56 29 56
3 28 84 57 84
4 28 112 85 112
5 28 140 113 140
6 27 167 141 167
7 28 195 168 195 2
8 28 223 196 223
9 28 251 224 251
10 28 279 252 279
11 28 307 280 307
12 27 334 308 334
13 28 362 335 362 3
14 28 390 363 390
15 28 418 391 418
16 28 446 419 446
17 28 474 447 474
18 27 501 475 501
19 28 529 502 529 4
20 28 557 530 557
21 28 585 558 585
22 28 613 586 613
23 28 641 614 641
24 27 668 642 668
Candidate names for month 1 are: Asimov (biographical) Aquarius (Zodiac) Aries (Zodiac)
Candidate names for month 2 are: Bradbury and Burroughs; Barsoom (created by Burroughs)
Note: There is at least one alternative 24 month calendar published on the Internet, and it includes name suggestions.
Perihelion occurred on 2020/08/03 (Earth Calendar) as predicted.
Retrograde movement began Sol 613 2022/10/30 as predicted J0036613
Edit 2020/07/24:
August 3, 2020 (on Earth)
Mars' perihelion is a once-in-two-Earth-years event. Mars came to perihelion last on October 29, 2016. Its next perihelion will be August 3, 2020. None of the planets have exactly circular orbits, but most, like Earth, have orbits around the sun that are nearly circular. Sep 16, 2018
From: earthsky.org › mars-perihelion-closest-to-sun
From Google search: A Martian Sol lasts 24 Earth hours, 39 Earth minutes and 35.244 Earth Seconds.
Given 24 hours in an Earth day, and 60 Earth minutes in an Earth hour, a "skip day" will occur every 36.9+ Earth days.
1440 minutes divided by 39 is 36.9 To estimate skip day, use 37 days in date calculator. Note occasional 38 day difference.
Note that the Martian Sol will repeat in this report every 36+ (Days or Sols – not sure)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/03/20 (Sol 11) [Sunday=Sunday] Next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/04/04
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/05/11 (Sol 47) The next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/06/15 (actual 6/16)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/06/16 (Sol 83) The next occurrence ** should** be (near) 2019/07/20 (actual 7/25)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/07/25 (Sol 120) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/08/30 (actual 8/31)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/08/31 (Sol 156) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/10/06 (actual 10/07)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/10/07 (Sol 192) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/11/12 (actual 11/14)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/11/14 (Sol 229) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2019/12/22 (actual 12/21)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2019/12/21 (Sol 265) Days of Week are aligned ** be (near) 2020/01/27 (actual 01/27)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/01/27 (Sol 302) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/03/04 (actual 03/05)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/03/05 (Sol 338) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/04/11 (actual 04/11)
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/04/11 (Sol 374) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/05/17 (actual 05/19) 38 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/05/19 (Sol 411) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/06/26 (actual 06/25) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/06/25 (Sol 447) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/08/01 (actual 08/01) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/08/01 (Sol 483) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/09/07 (actual 09/08) 38 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/09/08 (Sol 520) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/10/15 (actual 10/15) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/10/15 (Sol 556) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2020/11/21 (actual 11/22) 38 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/11/22 (Sol 593) Days of Week are aligned ** be (near) 2020/12/29 (actual 12/30) 39 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2020/12/30 (Sol 630) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/02/05 (actual 02/04) 36 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/02/04 (Sol 665) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/03/15 (actual 02/19) 15 days
### The transition from Mars year 35 to 36 occurred on February 7, 2021 Earth time. A new skip day schedule started.
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/03/30 (Sol 049) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/03/15 (actual 03/30) 39 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/03/30 (Sol 049) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/05/06 (actual 05/05) 36 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/05/05 (Sol 084) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/06/10 (actual 06/11) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/06/11 (Sol 120) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/07/21 (actual 07/21) 40 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/07/21 (Sol 159) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/08/27 (actual 08/25) 35 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/08/25 (Sol 163) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2021/09/02 (actual mm/dd) ## days
Postings were missed between 8/25 and 12/15
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2021/12/15 (Sol 302) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/01/21 (actual 01/22) 38 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/01/22 (Sol 339) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/02/28 (actual 02/28) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/02/28 (Sol 375) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/04/07 (actual 04/06) 37 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/04/06 (Sol 411) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/05/13 (actual mm/dd) ## days
Posting was missed for Sol 448
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/06/20 (Sol 484) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/07/27 (actual mm/dd) ## days
Posting was missed
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/10/10 (Sol 593) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/11/16 (actual 11/17) ## days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/11/17 (Sol 630) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2022/12/24 (actual 12/24) ## days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2022/12/24 (Sol 666) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2023/01/17 (actual 01/08) 15 days
Transition from Mars Year 36 to 37 caused another adjustment of the skip day at theskylive.com
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2023/01/08 (Sol 012) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2023/02/14 (actual 02/15) 38 days
Repeat occurred on Earth day 2023/02/15 (Sol 049) the next occurrence ** should ** be (near) 2023/03/24 (actual mm/dd) ## days
1440 minutes in Terran day / 39 minutes longer on Mars >> 37 and change
The recruiting text below will no longer be included in the day post, as of 2020/03/17
The topic My Hacienda is set up to encourage up to 2750 forum members to build a virtual community.
Each participant "claims" a square kilometer of surface, and shares below surface with the community.
Each Hacienda is a participant in the economy of a thriving interdependent free market.
Each Hacienda provides at least one product or service, and multiple products or services are welcome.
As of this Sol, the number of plots established in Sagan City (2018) is: > 1 (inventory pending) [Thanks to everyone who registered!]
Recruiting Announcement: People are needed to participate in the Sagan City (2018) Virtual Community
The concept is to imagine life on Mars at the level of current 1st Tier civilization on Earth. This community is assumed well past startup phases.
The objective is to gain a clear understanding of the operation of market forces in a community of 2750 plots. Community members have needs.
The market is there to meet those needs. The first step is to identify the needs.
I'd like to thank the members of the Mars Society whose financial support allows the NewMars forum database to flourish.
Recruiting Section for NewMars Forum:
Several initiatives are underway, and opportunities exist for volunteers with appropriate education, skills, talent, motivation and generosity of spirit:
1) kbd512 recently initiated a proposal to launch a vehicle from Earth using US Navy style electromagnetic acceleration
The discussion is progressing after moving from Human Systems to Science and Technology
kbd512 is holding to the position that the launch should deliver velocity of Mach 5 or 6 at the surface of the Earth
2) Calliban has been working for some time on an outreach goal of capturing/mining an asteroid. Recent activity includes cocoon wrapping.
There are a number of possible approaches to the challenge of wrapping an asteroid in basalt thread.
3) Calliban has also proposed the use of electromagnetic acceleration of mass from the Moon. This is NOT the Gerard O'Neill mass launcher.
There may be some overlap for a Moon launcher with discussion of an Earth based launcher. Both would use sled based launch vehicles.
[Synchronization of Week days]
37 * 7 is 259. However, 687/4 is 171+, so at least one End of Quarter will occur during a given rotation of Week Days.
The effect of an End of Quarter event in the proposed Mars Calendar is to increase the effective count of Earth days between Synchronization events to:
Note: the above statement could be incorrect. Verification is needed.
37*8 or 296 days between Synchronization events if there is only one End of Quarter during a rotation of week days.
However, ** two ** End of Quarter events can occur in a given rotation of Week Days, so the total elapsed count could reach 37*9, or 333
[/Synchronization of Week days]
[Automation of Preparation of Today on Mars]
Automation of the process of creating the daily report "Today on Mars" is possible, but it will require development of capabilities in software not currently available to NewMars.com/forums. The process of creating the daily post includes updating the primary post (this one #82) and that involves performing two lookups of reference web sites. The daily post is then prepared by performing a copy and paste operation, using text from the primary post and inserting it into a new empty post in the Today on Mars series.
The French reference web site provides the four data points that are at the heart of the report ... the Sol number on Mars, location in it's orbit, and the Year
The Sky Live web site provides precise Sun Distance, Earth Distance and precise location information as seen from Earth.
An automation would be able to collect the data from the two web sites and blend it into the Primary Today on Mars record, and then create the extract for the daily post itself. That would be a nice piece of work.
Edit_20210327: The process of automation of the preparation of TodayOnMars begins earlier than reported in the opening summary above. The first step is to establish a connection to the NewMars server. The procedure to do that is well established, but it requires adding functionality called Oauth, which is a way to connect to an online resource without storing the logon password in the application.
After that, the first step is to find the record to be updated (ie, this post #82 in the Holidays topic)
Details to be added; specific lines in Post #82 that are modified each day.
Update daily:
Today on Mars: 0036/02/18 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.
Update daily:
Today on Earth: 2021/03/26 Friday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]
Check daily - update every astronomical month
Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 1 month format: 1 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 30 degrees
Update daily:
Solar Longitude: 022.3 Sol Number: 46 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 021.9 Previous Sol: 45
Update daily:
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 240,864,478 km [22.8 km/s] Difference is +140694 <= 6117 km/hour at 7.5 on 03/26 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 240,723,784 km [22.8 km/s] Difference is +144725 <= 6159 km/hour at 8.5 on 03/25 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 240,579,059 km [22.8 km/s] Difference is +151936 <= 6201 km/hour at 9.0 on 03/24 (time:9:00)
Update daily:
Next up: Star TYC 1831-1062-1 Magnitude 9.66 above path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead
Next up: Galaxy PGC 1696189 RA 4h 45m 41.8s above path Day 0 about 6 hours ahead
TYC 1830-1893-1 Magnitude 11.86 Day 1 above and about 8 hours behind - likely last day for 1893
Bright TYC 1830-2110-1 Magnitude 9.55 Above path Day 1 - at edge of view - last day for 2110
Update daily:
However, in recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down toward horizontal. Earth Distance at last update (here) was km 255,818,745
Update at minute delay changes:
Light travel time today is between 14 and 15 minutes. Communications delay would be 28+ minutes round trip. [14:252,000,000] [15:270,000,000]
Update daily:
Sol 046 is in Month 02 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Check daily, update monthly:
Month 02 extends from Sol 029 through 56. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 01
Update daily:
Sol 046 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred February 4, 2021 on Earth and again on February 11, 2021
Check daily, update annually.
The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.
This section is to record special calendar events:
Alignment J00360907 0036/09/07 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are ** IN ** alignment with Earth. << Today is a Skip Day on Mars
[/Automation of Preparation of Today on Mars]
The purpose of this series is to try out a concept for a reliable, practical business calendar.
A reliable, practical calendar is essential for a civilization on Mars.
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This thread was started to talk about holidays, not a calendar. I pointed out Christmas as we know it has only existed for a very short time. Christmas is blatantly commercial, an attempt to sell crap that people don't need to fleece them for money. And no, it isn't the birth of Christ, because Christ was born some time in spring. It was originally a celebration of the winter solstice, an attempt to lift spirits so people don't get depressed over the bitter cold, short days, and lack of any green plant life. Saint Nicholas was bishop of Myra, lived 270-343 AD, and gave warm winter clothing and food to the poor, he didn't give toys to anyone. Europe had a celebration of "Father Christmas" in the 16th century, but the character was quite different. North American only started to celebrate Christmas in the 1800s, and "Santa Claus" was an advertising gimmick created in 1931 to sell Coca-Cola. I suppose you could go back to the originals: Roman Saturnalia, Celtic Yule. But the commercial "Christmas" is ridiculously wasteful, with an emphasis on giving expensive toys that Martians will not be able to afford for many generations.
Halloween was created to end "Gate night". Young people committed vandalism, causing massive property damage. Again, it has become excessively offensively commercial. We could talk of the Celtic tradition of Samhain (pronounced saw-win), the original it's based on. But Halloween has become training to teach young people to become door-to-door salesmen. When was the last time anyone saw a door-to-door salesman?
Mars will have it's own holidays. Yes, one problem is calendar based holidays don't fit on a planet with radically different length of year and seasons. That's how this became a calendar discussion.
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This thread was started to talk about holidays, not a calendar.
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Mars will have it's own holidays. Yes, one problem is calendar based holidays don't fit on a planet with radically different length of year and seasons. That's how this became a calendar discussion.
The daily calendar update was moved to an already existing topic.
Edit#1 on 2020/11/16:
Checklist for Daily Mars Calendar update
1) Open 82 for edit, using Search for s e a r c h t e r m: and :t o d a y o n m a r s by tahanson43206
2) Update field: Today on Earth:
3) Update field: Today on Mars:
4) Update One day note:
5) Copy Longitude and Sol from current line to previous line
6) Update Longitude and Sol # using web site: Convert Earth Date to Martian Solar Longitude
7) Advance to line: Sol ### is in Month ## ... update this line as needed
8) Advance to Month ## line ... update this line as needed
9) Advance to Sol ### is aaaaaaaa ... update this line as needed
10) Advance to current month array to verify day of the week
11) Return to Star/Galaxy section ... Open theskylive.com to Mars
12) Update Star/Galaxy section as needed
13) Return to Distance of Mars section and update as needed
14) Delete oldest Distance of Mars line
15) Select text for next daily post and copy
16) Save 82
17) locate yesterday's daily post
18) Post new daily
19) Confirm
20) Log out
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As Robert is point out in holidays the history plus its distortion of its means over time have created under commercialism what we now observe are more of a fake than what really happend or what was being done.
As much as we would think, that what we celerbrate is seperate from a calendar we have been the ones which can not live without a date book now.
Which is the information in post 80 links.
I also see that religion also is playing a part in celebrations as well for christmas.
The mars calendar and celebrations there in have yet to be created for State, Federal designations for what they would have for days to behappy about.
Even TAX day is maked as an observable but no one has it as a holiday.
Will mars use a daylight saving shift of time?
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I agree that holidays have been quite commercialized here on Earth, and I expect a similar process, if not nearly as intense, to happen on Mars over time as well. That said, holidays in general are a crucial part of a society. I'm not sure if I said this earlier, but I'd expect the solstices and equinoxes to be prime candidates for holidays on Mars. I would rather Mars not use Daylight Savings Time, I think it's a rather needless complication.
The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever. -Paraphrased from Tsiolkovsky
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The other day I was shopping in a local Dollar Tree store and noticed as I proceeded down the aisle just browsing that the first one has Saint Patties day items, in the next was Valentines day chocolates and in the next was Easter stuff for you to buy. With just as soon we will be into others as soon as one passes by. With the seasons changing and another shelf is yesterdays junk...
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I know this topic started out complaining about the commercializing of Earth holidays and went to the future state of mars with would could be...
This forum topic does have a couple of article in explorations to write cover stories to which I think could be done.
1 How would a mars settlement or colony develop a tradition of holidays and how would they relate to Earths?
2 Definitely how would Mars society like to celebrate a new year for Mars?
3 There are several calendars out there as it would seem but it would seem there are no holidays to the structures of them.
4 The contest art and creation of a 2 year calendar by kids all over would be an interesting out come as to what they think mars is.
5 If Mars society would want to celebrate with a mars city or towns there seems to be several to consider even with Marvin the martian and aliens aside or change to celebration format.
6 My final thought would be to look at the holiday and future state of mars commerce once we are there for an article.
Myself I think the change might come from the movie the martian instead of the aliens or marvin the martian for something that we could focus on. It could come from the many rovers, satelites probes and so forth for targeted writing of articles.
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Mars celebrations...
Residents of the city of Mars, Pennsylvania, celebrate the Martian New Year with a two-day science, technology, engineering and math festival, ...
Nasa did not seem to mind the aliens
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa … nnsylvania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF8k9NWaRuw
I think this page has the mayor information
http://marsborough.com/gearing-up-to-pr … r-in-2019/
Seems the school waits until its a bit warmer..
https://www.marsk12.org/apps/events/201 … 079/?id=10
6/1/2019
https://www.marsk12.org/ourpages/auto/2 … 202019.pdf
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List of topics which are impacted by time decisions, a desire to stay to create a new home and how it will be safe.
Naming the first city on Mars really is the mark of a calendar of life.
Where that first city might be called Sagan City - what will be there? Which sort of starts us down the path of wanting to do what we do here on Earth but only on Mars as we live and breath.
That brings up how will we start to make First settlements come to be aMars City - Your visionor for how A City Rises on the Plain as we will see the effects of seasons on those that are there with more longing for home for some. The total picture of how we will get there as a Human Business plus flight plan for mars and why we will be there will come from the means whether this be from a Mars exploration consortium or from Space X to Lead Mars Consortium plan, an agency or partnerships or from a corporate Government method to self fund your ticket there when Elon Musk: ticket to Mars for $500,000. Of course there will be more activity to do beyound science and it could be Mars revenue raising activity or some other entrepreneur - funding ....
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A lot of people think of Antartica as being simular to what Mars would be in terms of isolation, not nature ability to grow food in the open, a crazy time schedule for day and night; so for those that have been there how would they handle doing holidays?
Do they have a time schedule clock issue?
How would items made for the holidays on Earth arrive in time to not be yesterdays junk from Mars...
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SpaceNut, your mention of Antartica led me to look for write-ups on the bases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen% … le_Station
The information about time is at the very bottom, just before references. The base uses New Zealand Time, primarily (I gather) because air schedules are scheduled with Christchurch.
The article mentions efforts to grow plants, which may be a luxury there but which would seem (to me at least) essential for a Mars settlement.
I met a gent who spent at least one year serving as an IT specialist in Antarctica. He is currently working for Redhat, as a consultant.
He is rarely back in town, due to his travel schedule, but if I ever see him again at a monthly meeting he runs, I'll ask him about how his experiences might inform his projection of what a Mars base might be like. Most months he asks a local member to fill in for him.
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In recognition of Holidays ...
In the United States, today is widely celebrated as Groundhog's Day. The day has an astronomical origin, since it marks the midpoint of the winter quarter, when the worst of winter weather is likely to be depressing spirits. I would like to think that the concept of celebrating the equivalent point in the winter quarter of the Mars orbit might become popular, but the nature of the celebration is likely to differ from the terrestrial model.
In the United States, Groundhog's Day is generally celebrated in a spirit of good humor. There is very little commercial exploitation of the day, although there is certainly a certain amount of self-promotion of various communities.
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It is marked with a shadow 6 more weeks or winter snow and cold or a coming of spring early if not seen. Febuary is usually one of the coldest wind chill months for this state of NH.
I think that you are right in that the day for mars will be different from the earthly one but it still will be placed in the winter for mars months.
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Update regarding gent who worked in Antarctica ...
The gent who worked in Antarctica was in town for the monthly meeting today (2019/02/13) He agreed to respond to questions from Forum members, and submitted an application for membership in the forum.
He reminded me that his experience was ten years ago. My guess is that not much would have changed. He did agree that the Antarctica station is a good model for what might be expected on Mars in early years. He also said that (if I heard correctly) NASA has deployed at least one person to study the Antarctic station for a number of years.
I assume there is a delay for review of applications, since the application did not show up immediately.
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SpaceNut, your mention of Antartica led me to look for write-ups on the bases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen% … le_Station
The information about time is at the very bottom, just before references. The base uses New Zealand Time, primarily (I gather) because air schedules are scheduled with Christchurch.
The article mentions efforts to grow plants, which may be a luxury there but which would seem (to me at least) essential for a Mars settlement.
I met a gent who spent at least one year serving as an IT specialist in Antarctica. He is currently working for Redhat, as a consultant.
He is rarely back in town, due to his travel schedule, but if I ever see him again at a monthly meeting he runs, I'll ask him about how his experiences might inform his projection of what a Mars base might be like. Most months he asks a local member to fill in for him.
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That sounds good and hope that Antartica information will help to inform us all.
It will be nice to see how the life of a member works to do the science and still enjoys being there.
I had a post to add but have forgotten it for now.
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Here is another of those wierd holidays that is changing.
Maine renames Columbus Day to honor Native Americans: Maine joined other states like Vermont, Alaska and South Dakota, when it renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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Today is the Memorial day celebration on Earth with the official day on the calendar holiday is observed on the last Monday of May but will those which go to mars feel the remembrance is warranted on mars still?
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Is it possible Martians may set up an Earth Remembrance Sol? That way, they could pack all the holidays celebrated on Earth into a single day.
That day might arise naturally from First Landing Sol.
Best wishes to everyone who lost a family member to military service.
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Today is the Memorial day celebration on Earth with the official day on the calendar holiday is observed on the last Monday of May but will those which go to mars feel the remembrance is warranted on mars still?
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Isn't that an American holiday, not an Earth holiday?
Will they mark Armstice Day? I suppose it depends on who settles Mars. China declared war very late and didn't actually fight in WWI.
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