Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-20 07:40:08

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. December 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 10 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 300 degrees

Solar Longitude: 299.3 Sol Number: 561 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 298.7 Previous Sol: 560 <<== Astronomical month 10 is drawing to a close. One more Sol should do it.

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,814,771 km Difference is +149067 <= 6084 km/hour at 9.5 on 10/20
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,665,704 km Difference is +140674 <= 6037 km/hour at 9.0 on 10/19
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,525,030 km Difference is +149436 <= 5954 km/hour at 9.7 on 10/18

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is (<4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

Next up: TYC 23-1146-1 Magnitude 8.86 Below path Day 0 24+ hours ahead
HIP 5752 above and 12+ hours behind on Day 1 ... should be good for another day
Galaxy PGC 4495 Magnitude 15.70 below path 24+ hours behind on Day 2 Last day for PGC 4495

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 561 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 561 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-22 07:20:01

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. December 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 300.5 Sol Number: 563 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 299.9 Previous Sol: 562

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,108,998 km Difference is +149164 <= 6215 km/hour at 9.2 on 10/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,959,834 km Difference is +145063 <= 6103 km/hour at 9.2 on 10/21
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,814,771 km Difference is +149067 <= 6084 km/hour at 9.5 on 10/20

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is (4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1276666 RA 1h 10m 49.7s Day 1 above path and directly above Mars
TYC 23-1146-1 Magnitude 8.86 Below path Day 2 Past Mars. Good for at least one more day.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 563 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 563 is Friday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-23 07:06:04

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. December 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 301.1 Sol Number: 564 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 300.5 Previous Sol: 563

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,257,673 km Difference is +148675 <= 6221 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,108,998 km Difference is +149164 <= 6215 km/hour at 9.2 on 10/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 212,959,834 km Difference is +145063 <= 6103 km/hour at 9.2 on 10/21

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is (4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

Next up: Star TYC 22-1069-1 Magnitude 10.96 Day 0 below path and out > 26 hours.
Galaxy PGC 1276666 RA 1h 10m 49.7s Day 2 above path and 26 hours past Mars. Likely out of view tomorrow.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 564 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 564 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-24 07:10:47

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. December 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 301.7 Sol Number: 565 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 301.1 Previous Sol: 564

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,409,536 km Difference is +151863 <= 6328 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/24
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,257,673 km Difference is +148675 <= 6221 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,108,998 km Difference is +149164 <= 6215 km/hour at 9.2 on 10/22

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1272705 RA 1h 7m 7.3s Day 0 Out > 26 hours
Star TYC 22-1069-1 Magnitude 10.96 Day 1 below path and out < 13 hours.

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is (4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 565 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 565 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

SpaceNut · 2020-10-24 09:20:49

Peeking in or topic and noticed that last week we had a day time high temperature for the Insight location of 20'F... Almost warm enough for living there in the day but nights are still brutal with -140'F

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-25 06:14:37

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. December 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 302.3 Sol Number: 566 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 301.7 Previous Sol: 565

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,555,870 km Difference is +146334 <= 6332 km/hour at 8.2 on 10/25
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,409,536 km Difference is +151863 <= 6328 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/24
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,257,673 km Difference is +148675 <= 6221 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/23

Next up: Two bright stars: HIP 5144 Magnitude 7.17 TYC 22-1354-2 Magnitude 8.96 Above and ahead > 28 hours
Galaxy PGC 1272705 RA 1h 7m 7.3s Day 0 Out about 14 hours. Should last two more days.
Star TYC 22-1069-1 Magnitude 10.96 Day 2 below path and behind < 13 hours. May last one more day.

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 566 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 566 is Monday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-26 06:03:42

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 302.9 Sol Number: 567 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 302.3 Previous Sol: 566

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,708,460 km Difference is +152590 <= 6411 km/hour at 8.0 on 10/26
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,555,870 km Difference is +146334 <= 6332 km/hour at 8.2 on 10/25
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,409,536 km Difference is +151863 <= 6328 km/hour at 9.1 on 10/24

Two bright stars: HIP 5144 Magnitude 7.17 TYC 22-1354-2 Magnitude 8.96 Day 1 Above and ahead > 14 hours
Galaxy PGC 1272705 RA 1h 7m 7.3s Day 1 Below and Just past Mars.

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 567 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 567 is Tuesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-27 06:56:20

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 303.4 Sol Number: 568 Change is +.5 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 302.9 Previous Sol: 567

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,869,227 km Difference is +160767 <= 6457 km/hour at 8.9 on 10/27
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,708,460 km Difference is +152590 <= 6411 km/hour at 8.0 on 10/26
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,555,870 km Difference is +146334 <= 6332 km/hour at 8.2 on 10/25

Two bright stars: HIP 5144 Magnitude 7.17 TYC 22-1354-2 Magnitude 8.96 Day 2 Above and behind only a few hours
Galaxy PGC 1272705 RA 1h 7m 7.3s Day 2 Below and well past Mars.

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 568 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 568 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-28 07:26:00

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 304.0 Sol Number: 569 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 303.4 Previous Sol: 568

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,028,789 km Difference is +159562 <= 6513 km/hour at 9.4 on 10/28
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,869,227 km Difference is +160767 <= 6457 km/hour at 8.9 on 10/27
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,708,460 km Difference is +152590 <= 6411 km/hour at 8.0 on 10/26

Next up: Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 0 Out > 30 hours
Two bright stars: HIP 5144 Magnitude 7.17 TYC 22-1354-2 Magnitude 8.96 Day 3 Above and behind 30+ hours

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 569 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 569 is Thursday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-29 06:30:11

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 304.6 Sol Number: 570 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 304.0 Previous Sol: 569

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,180,059 km Difference is +151270 <= 6577 km/hour at 8.4 on 10/29
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,028,789 km Difference is +159562 <= 6513 km/hour at 9.4 on 10/28
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 213,869,227 km Difference is +160767 <= 6457 km/hour at 8.9 on 10/27

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1272889 Day 0 above path ahead > 33 hours
Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 1 Out > 16 hours

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 570 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 570 is Friday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-30 05:41:47

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 305.2 Sol Number: 571 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 304.6 Previous Sol: 570

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,333,333 km Difference is +153274 <= 6607 km/hour at 7.6 on 10/30
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,180,059 km Difference is +151270 <= 6577 km/hour at 8.4 on 10/29
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,028,789 km Difference is +159562 <= 6513 km/hour at 9.4 on 10/28

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1272889 Day 0 above path ahead > 33 hours Day 1 about 35 hours ahead
Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 2 Just above Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 571 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 571 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-31 05:55:05

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 305.8 Sol Number: 572 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 305.2 Previous Sol: 571

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,494,441 km Difference is +161108 <= 6630 km/hour at 7.9 on 10/31
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,333,333 km Difference is +153274 <= 6607 km/hour at 7.6 on 10/30
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,180,059 km Difference is +151270 <= 6577 km/hour at 8.4 on 10/29

Next up: bright Start HIP 4737 Magnitude 7.70 Day 0 above and ahead > 38 hours
Galaxy PGC 1272889 Day 1 above path ahead > 10 hours ... may be good for two more days
Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 3 19 hours behind Mars ... may be good for one more day

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 572 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 572 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

SpaceNut · 2020-10-31 07:02:51

Well we had the first light snow flurry yesterday and the temperatures for earth in the north are beginning to get colder as winter approaches.

http://www.astronoo.com/en/articles/pos … anets.html

https://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

https://evgenii.com/blog/earth-orbit-simulation/

tahanson43206 · 2020-10-31 08:18:48

For SpaceNut re #813

We had ice on the bird bath for the first time this year. Time to do the semi-annual bird bath heater swap.

Thanks for all three of those impressive links. The first (astronoo) shows clearly the Hohmann transfer opportunities to Mars.

The third is designed to provide an enterprising student with everything needed to run (and hopefully understand) an Earth/Sun simulation.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-01 07:22:31

Today on Mars: <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth due to the longer Martian Day. November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 306.4 Sol Number: 573 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 305.8 Previous Sol: 572

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

One time note: the calculation of km/hour for 11/01 is off because of the time change in the United States ... a better value is 6729 km/hour

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,664,689 km Difference is +170248 <= 6977 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/01
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,494,441 km Difference is +161108 <= 6630 km/hour at 7.9 on 10/31
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,333,333 km Difference is +153274 <= 6607 km/hour at 7.6 on 10/30

Next up: bright Start HIP 4737 Magnitude 7.70 Day 1 above and ahead > 19.5 hours
Galaxy PGC 1272889 Day 2 above path just behind Mars
Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 4 39+ hours behind Mars ... at edge of view ... last day

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 573 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 573 is Monday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-02 07:21:36

Today on Earth: 2020/11/02 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 307.0 Sol Number: 574 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 306.4 Previous Sol: 573

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,827,212 km Difference is +162523 <= 6772 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/02
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,664,689 km Difference is +170248 <= 6977 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/01
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,494,441 km Difference is +161108 <= 6630 km/hour at 7.9 on 10/31

bright Star HIP 4737 Magnitude 7.70 Day 2 above and just slightly past Mars
Galaxy PGC 1272889 Day 2 above path behind Mars < 40 hours
Star TYC 22-804-1 Magnitude 10.73 Day 5 many hours behind Mars ... at edge of view ... last day for sure!

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 574 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 574 is Tuesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-03 07:51:59

Today on Earth: 2020/11/03 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 307.6 Sol Number: 575 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 307.0 Previous Sol: 574

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,993,898 km Difference is +166686 <= 6804 km/hour at 8.8 on 11/03
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,827,212 km Difference is +162523 <= 6772 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/02
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,664,689 km Difference is +170248 <= 6977 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/01

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 0 ahead > 46 hours
bright Star HIP 4737 Magnitude 7.70 Day 3 above and past Mars about 24 hours ... Note path of Mars is curving up slightly as seen from Earth

Mars is past it's closest distance to Earth ... Light travel time is ( < 4 minutes) Communications delay would be about 8 minutes round trip. [72,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 575 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 575 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-04 07:37:33

Today on Earth: 2020/11/04 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Thursday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 308.2 Sol Number: 576 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 307.6 Previous Sol: 575

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,156,610 km Difference is +162712 <= 6837 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/04
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,993,898 km Difference is +166686 <= 6804 km/hour at 8.8 on 11/03
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,827,212 km Difference is +162523 <= 6772 km/hour at 8.3 on 11/02

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 1 ahead > 49 hours
bright Star HIP 4737 Magnitude 7.70 Day 4 above and past Mars about 48 hours ... Note path of Mars is curving up slightly as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 576 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 576 is Thursday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-05 07:37:26

Today on Earth: 2020/11/05 Thursday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Friday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 308.7 Sol Number: 577 Change is +.5 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 308.2 Previous Sol: 576

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,322,149 km Difference is +165539 <= 6897 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/05
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,156,610 km Difference is +162712 <= 6837 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/04
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 214,993,898 km Difference is +166686 <= 6804 km/hour at 8.8 on 11/03

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 2 ahead > 55 hours (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 577 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 577 is Friday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-06 06:19:45

Today on Earth: 2020/11/06 Friday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Saturday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 309.3 Sol Number: 578 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 308.7 Previous Sol: 577

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,479,324 km Difference is +157175 <= 6924 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/06
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,322,149 km Difference is +165539 <= 6897 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/05
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,156,610 km Difference is +162712 <= 6837 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/04

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 3 ahead > 29 hours (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 578 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 578 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-07 09:10:09

Today on Earth: 2020/11/07 Saturday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Sunday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 309.9 Sol Number: 579 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 309.3 Previous Sol: 578

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,666,666 km Difference is +187342 <= 6990 km/hour at 10.1 on 11/07
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,479,324 km Difference is +157175 <= 6924 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/06
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,322,149 km Difference is +165539 <= 6897 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/05

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 4 ahead > Right at Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 579 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 579 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-08 06:56:09

Today on Earth: 2020/11/08 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Monday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 310.5 Sol Number: 580 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 309.9 Previous Sol: 579

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,819,358 km Difference is +152692 <= 7036 km/hour at 7.8 on 11/08
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,666,666 km Difference is +187342 <= 6990 km/hour at 10.1 on 11/07
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,479,324 km Difference is +157175 <= 6924 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/06

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 5 Just past Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 580 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 580 is Monday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-09 07:47:59

Today on Earth: 2020/11/09 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 311.1 Sol Number: 581 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 310.5 Previous Sol: 580

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,994,777 km Difference is +175419 <= 7045 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/09
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,819,358 km Difference is +152692 <= 7036 km/hour at 7.8 on 11/08
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,666,666 km Difference is +187342 <= 6990 km/hour at 10.1 on 11/07

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 6 41+ hours past Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 581 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 581 is Tuesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-10 06:58:41

Today on Earth: 2020/11/10 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 311.7 Sol Number: 582 Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 311.1 Previous Sol: 581

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 216,159,698 km Difference is +164921 <= 7108 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/10
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,994,777 km Difference is +175419 <= 7045 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/09
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,819,358 km Difference is +152692 <= 7036 km/hour at 7.8 on 11/08

Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 7 50+ hours past Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 582 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 582 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-11-11 06:54:58

Today on Earth: 2020/11/11 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: Thursday <<-- Days of the week are out of alignment with those on Earth. Earth November 2020 next alignment estimate.

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 11 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 330 degrees

Solar Longitude: 312.2 Sol Number: 583 Change is +.5 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL: 311.7 Previous Sol: 582

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion will occur near 70 degrees Ls (per www.planetary.org)

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 216,330,419 km Difference is +170721 <= 7113 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/11
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 216,159,698 km Difference is +164921 <= 7108 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/10
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 215,994,777 km Difference is +175419 <= 7045 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/09

Next up: Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 0 +48 hours to right of curving path of Mars
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 8 96+ hours past Mars (Retrograde movement may be slowing)

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 4 and 5 minutes. Communications delay would be 8+ minutes round trip. [4:72,000,000] [5:90,000,000]

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.

The apparent position of Mars is moving West away from the reference star, albeit slowly, as Earth slides "under" Mars
Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 583 is in Month 21 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 21 extends from Sol 558 through 585. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 21
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 583 is Thursday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in November on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may 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

For current weather on Mars at Insight location, see:
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/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

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 21 of 24: <<== Third month of Quarter 4

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