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#826 2020-11-12 07:45:10

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/12 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the last Friday of Month 21

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: 312.8   Sol Number: 584  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      312.2  Previous Sol: 583

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:   216,508,786 km Difference is +178367 <= 7192 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/12
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

Next up: Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 1 +56 hours to right of curving path of Mars (The curve is bending East)
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 9 113+ hours past Mars - last day for 1273509

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 584 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 584 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

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#827 2020-11-13 06:30:04

tahanson43206
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Re: Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Today on Earth: 2020/11/13 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the last day of Month 21

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: 313.4   Sol Number: 585  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      312.8  Previous Sol: 584

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:   216,672,555 km Difference is +163769 <= 7215 km/hour at 7.4 on 11/13
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,508,786 km Difference is +178367 <= 7192 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/12
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

Next up: Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 2 +30 hours to right of curving path of Mars (The curve is bending East)
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 10 131+ hours past Mars - Close to last day for 1273509

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 585 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 585 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars. 

One Day note: This is the last day of Month 21

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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#828 2020-11-14 06:19:55

tahanson43206
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Re: Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Today on Earth: 2020/11/14 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the first day of Month 22

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: 314.0   Sol Number: 586  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      313.4  Previous Sol: 585

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:   216,845,972 km Difference is +173417 <= 7256 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/14
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,672,555 km Difference is +163769 <= 7215 km/hour at 7.4 on 11/13
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,508,786 km Difference is +178367 <= 7192 km/hour at 8.7 on 11/12

Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 3 close to and right of curving path of Mars (The curve is now pointing North)
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 11 131+ hours past Mars - Close to last day for 1273509

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 586 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 586 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars. 

One Day note: This is the last day of Month 21

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#829 2020-11-15 08:19:54

tahanson43206
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Re: Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Today on Earth: 2020/11/15 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the second day of Month 22

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: 314.6   Sol Number: 587  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      314.0  Previous Sol: 586

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:   217,035,827 km Difference is +189855 <= 7302 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/15
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,845,972 km Difference is +173417 <= 7256 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/14
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,672,555 km Difference is +163769 <= 7215 km/hour at 7.4 on 11/13

Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 0 Well off to the right of the path and at top of the display
Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 4 close to and right of curving path of Mars (The curve is now pointing NorthEast)
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 12 131+ hours past Mars - Close to last day for 1273509

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 587 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 587 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#830 2020-11-16 07:10:50

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/16 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the third day of Month 22

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: 315.1   Sol Number: 588  Change is +.5 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      314.7  Previous Sol: 587

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:   217,202,462 km Difference is +166635 <= 7341 km/hour at 8.0 on 11/16
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,035,827 km Difference is +189855 <= 7302 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/15
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   216,845,972 km Difference is +173417 <= 7256 km/hour at 7.3 on 11/14

Note change in display on 2020/11/16: There is no projection of future location of Mars with respect to the background stars.
Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 1 Well off to the right of the path and at top of the display
Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 5 close to and below right of curving path of Mars (The curve is now pointing North)
Galaxy PGC 1273509 0 hours 58 minutes 1.2 seconds Day 13 131+ hours past Mars - Close to last day for 1273509 Still visible in lower left of view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 588 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 588 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#831 2020-11-16 17:20:48

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

I was reminded of the present day seasonal out gassing of mars.

Tests on the Martian air show that background levels of methane rise and fall with the changing seasons. As winter gives way to summer in the northern hemisphere, the methane triples from 0.24 to 0.65 parts per billion.

800px-PIA22328-MarsCuriosityRover-Methane-SeasonalCycle-20180607-700x394.jpg

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#832 2020-11-17 06:37:25

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/17 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the first week of Month 22

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: 315.7   Sol Number: 589  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      315.1  Previous Sol: 588

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:   217,375,875 km Difference is +173413 <= 7348 km/hour at 7.6 on 11/17
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,202,462 km Difference is +166635 <= 7341 km/hour at 8.0 on 11/16
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,035,827 km Difference is +189855 <= 7302 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/15

Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 2 Well off to the right of the path and a bit above Mars
Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 6 below right of curving path of Mars and more than 49.5 in the wake

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 589 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 589 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#833 2020-11-18 07:17:48

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Posts: 19,440

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/18 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the first week of Month 22

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: 316.3   Sol Number: 590  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      315.7  Previous Sol: 589

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:   217,558,270 km Difference is +182395 <= 7414 km/hour at 8.2 on 11/18
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,375,875 km Difference is +173413 <= 7348 km/hour at 7.6 on 11/17
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,202,462 km Difference is +166635 <= 7341 km/hour at 8.0 on 11/16

Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 3 Well off to the right of the path and even with Mars
Galaxy PBC 1278163 0 hours 56 minutes 6.7 seconds Day 7 below right of curving path of Mars and more than 89.5 in the wake - last day for 163

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and now East 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 590 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 590 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#834 2020-11-19 09:16:02

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/19 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the first week of Month 22

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: 316.9   Sol Number: 591  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      316.3  Previous Sol: 590

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:   217,751,474 km Difference is +193204 <= 7431 km/hour at 10.2 on 11/19
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,558,270 km Difference is +182395 <= 7414 km/hour at 8.2 on 11/18
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,375,875 km Difference is +173413 <= 7348 km/hour at 7.6 on 11/17

Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 4 Well off to the right of the path and below Mars

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 591 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 591 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

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

Speaking of going backwards as the count down to the https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ for FEB 18, 2021 is just 90 days away now.

The landing show is spectacular on the web page as it goes through its entry to slowing for the rover to be lowered by the sky crane.

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

The home page shows several stages to the rover landing

M2020_Landing_Animation_3_1.jpg


https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/files/me … on_3_1.mp4

Landing_Animation_1.jpg

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/files/me … tion_1.mp4

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/20 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the first week of Month 22

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: 317.4   Sol Number: 592  Change is +.5 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      316.9  Previous Sol: 591

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:   217,911,290 km Difference is +159816 <= 7503 km/hour at 7.5 on 11/20
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,751,474 km Difference is +193204 <= 7431 km/hour at 10.2 on 11/19
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,558,270 km Difference is +182395 <= 7414 km/hour at 8.2 on 11/18

Next up: Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 4 Well off to the right of the path and below Mars

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 592 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 592 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#837 2020-11-21 09:10:25

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/21 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.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is the day of the second week of Month 22. Alignment of days is close at hand.

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: 318.0   Sol Number: 593  Change is +.6 degrees << The next Mars Skip day will occur (about) November 21st on Earth
Previous SL:      317.4  Previous Sol: 592

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:   218,109,465 km Difference is +198175 <= 7478 km/hour at 10.0 on 11/21
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,911,290 km Difference is +159816 <= 7503 km/hour at 7.5 on 11/20 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,751,474 km Difference is +193204 <= 7431 km/hour at 10.2 on 11/19

Next up: Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 0 Above Mars and above path curving up and to East
Star HIP 4325 Magnitude 9.40 Day 5 Well off to the right of the path and below Mars. This is the last day for HIP 4325.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 593 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 593 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day is due

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#838 2020-11-22 07:57:52

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/22 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Sunday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: Today (in the Mars calendar) is a Skip day.  The Earth and Mars calendars are back in alignment for 37 days.

One day note: SearchTerm:Alignment start of alignment of week days - The next occurrence is on 2021/10/02 - 310 Earth days

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: 318.6   Sol Number: 593  Change is +.6 degrees << Skip day November 22nd on Earth
Previous SL:      318.0  Previous Sol: 593

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:   218,281,411 km Difference is +171946 <= 7509 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,109,465 km Difference is +198175 <= 7478 km/hour at 10.0 on 11/21
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   217,911,290 km Difference is +159816 <= 7503 km/hour at 7.5 on 11/20 (anomaly)

Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 1 Above Mars and above path curving up and to East Ahead about 30 hours

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 593 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 593 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#839 2020-11-23 07:58:12

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/23 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Monday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 319.1   Sol Number: 594  Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL:      318.6  Previous Sol: 593 << Skip day November 22nd on Earth

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:   218,463,168 km Difference is +181757 <= 7573 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,281,411 km Difference is +171946 <= 7509 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,109,465 km Difference is +198175 <= 7478 km/hour at 10.0 on 11/21

Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 2 Above Mars and above path curving up and to East Ahead about 20 hours

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 594 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 594 is Monday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/24 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 319.7   Sol Number: 595  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      319.1  Previous Sol: 594

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:   218,641,568 km Difference is +178400 <= 7591 km/hour at 8.5 on 11/24
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,463,168 km Difference is +181757 <= 7573 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,281,411 km Difference is +171946 <= 7509 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/22

Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 3 Even with Mars and just outside path curving up and to East

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is noticeably curving upward and East 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 595 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 595 is Tuesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#841 2020-11-25 07:40:45

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/25 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 320.3   Sol Number: 596  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      319.7  Previous Sol: 595

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:   218,825,437 km Difference is +183869 <= 7629 km/hour at 8.6 on 11/25
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,641,568 km Difference is +178400 <= 7591 km/hour at 8.5 on 11/24
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,463,168 km Difference is +181757 <= 7573 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/23

Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 4 Below Mars and just outside path curving up and to East at about 24+ hours

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 596 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 596 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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

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#842 2020-11-26 06:57:26

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/26 Thursday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Thursday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: This day is set aside as Thanksgiving Day in the United States

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: 320.8   Sol Number: 597  Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL:      320.3  Previous Sol: 596

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:   219,003,880 km Difference is +178443 <= 7625 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/26
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,641,568 km Difference is +178400 <= 7591 km/hour at 8.5 on 11/25
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,463,168 km Difference is +181757 <= 7573 km/hour at 8.9 on 11/24

Next up: Star HIP 4686 Magnitude 9.17 Day 0 just below path ahead 43+ hours
Star HIP 4518 RA 0h 57m 52.9s Magnitude 8.51 Day 5 Below Mars and just outside path curving up and to East at about 45+ hours (last day)

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 597 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 597 is Thursday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#843 2020-11-27 10:01:21

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/27 Friday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  Friday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 321.4   Sol Number: 598  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      320.5  Previous Sol: 597

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:   219,211,595 km Difference is +207715 <= 7665 km/hour at 11.0 on 11/27
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,003,880 km Difference is +178443 <= 7625 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/26
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   218,641,568 km Difference is +178400 <= 7591 km/hour at 8.5 on 11/25

Next up: Bright star HIP 4655 Magnitude 6 Day 0 Above Mars and ahead about 40 hours
Star HIP 4686 Magnitude 9.17 Day 1 just below path ahead 10+ hours

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 598 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 598 is Friday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#844 2020-11-28 08:21:37

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/28 Saturday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/14 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 322.0   Sol Number: 599  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      321.4  Previous Sol: 598

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:   219,383,560 km Difference is +171965 <= 7711 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/28
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,211,595 km Difference is +207715 <= 7665 km/hour at 11.0 on 11/27
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,003,880 km Difference is +178443 <= 7625 km/hour at 7.9 on 11/26

Next up: Bright star HIP 4655 Magnitude 6 Day 1 Above Mars and abreast of the planet
Star HIP 4686 Magnitude 9.17 Day 2 just below path behind 10+ hours

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 599 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 599 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#845 2020-11-29 08:20:35

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/29 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/15 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: The Sun is flooding the region on Earth where I live with light. This reminds me a light flooded room will be valued on Mars.

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: 322.5   Sol Number: 600  Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL:      322.0  Previous Sol: 599

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:   219,568,700 km Difference is +185140 <= 7714 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/29
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,383,560 km Difference is +171965 <= 7711 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/28
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,211,595 km Difference is +207715 <= 7665 km/hour at 11.0 on 11/27

Next up: Bright star HIP 4655 Magnitude 6 Day 2 Above Mars and abreast of the planet behind about 10 hours
Star HIP 4686 Magnitude 9.17 Day 3 just below path behind 30+ hours - Last day for HIP 4686

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 600 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 600 is Sunday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#846 2020-11-30 07:12:36

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

Today on Earth: 2020/11/30 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/16 Monday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:

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: 323.1   Sol Number: 601  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      322.5  Previous Sol: 600

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:   219,745,894 km Difference is +177194 <= 7772 km/hour at 8.1 on 11/30
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,568,700 km Difference is +185140 <= 7714 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/29
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,383,560 km Difference is +171965 <= 7711 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/28

Next up: Bright star HIP 4655 Magnitude 6 Day 3 Abreast of the planet behind about 40 hours
Star HIP 4686 Magnitude 9.17 Day 4 just below path behind 30++ hours - Still here! Amazing! Last day for HIP 4686 for sure!

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

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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 601 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 601 is Monday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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#847 2020-12-01 09:03:32

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

Today on Earth: 2020/12/01 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/17 Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:  The first snow of the year arrived in this day, in the region of Earth where this post originates.

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: 323.7   Sol Number: 602  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      323.1  Previous Sol: 601

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:   219,946,380 km Difference is +200486 <= 7771 km/hour at 9.9 on 12/01 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,745,894 km Difference is +177194 <= 7772 km/hour at 8.1 on 11/30
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,568,700 km Difference is +185140 <= 7714 km/hour at 9.3 on 11/29

Next up: HIP 4978 Magnitude 7.13 Day 0 Just below path and ahead 33+ hours

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending upward and East as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement comes to an end.
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 602 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 602 is Tuesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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

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#848 2020-12-02 08:46:12

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

Today on Earth: 2020/12/02 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/18 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note:  The first snow of the year arrived in this day, in the region of Earth where this post originates.

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: 324.2   Sol Number: 603  Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL:      323.7  Previous Sol: 602

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:   220,131,945 km Difference is +185565 <= 7797 km/hour at 9.7 on 12/02
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,946,380 km Difference is +200486 <= 7771 km/hour at 9.9 on 12/01 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   219,745,894 km Difference is +177194 <= 7772 km/hour at 8.1 on 11/30

Star: HIP 4978 Magnitude 7.13 Day 1 Just below path and ahead 16+ hours

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending upward and East as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement comes to an end.
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 603 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 603 is Wednesday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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

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#849 2020-12-04 11:12:46

tahanson43206
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Registered: 2018-04-27
Posts: 19,440

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

Today on Earth: 2020/12/04 Friday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  0035/22/20 Friday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: 

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: 325.3   Sol Number: 605  Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL:      324.8  Previous Sol: 604

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:   220,527,100 km Difference is +202466 <= 7878 km/hour at 12.1 on 12/04
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   220,324,634 km Difference is +192689 <= 7801 km/hour at 10.4 on 12/03
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   220,131,945 km Difference is +185565 <= 7797 km/hour at 9.7 on 12/02

Next up: HIP 5073 Magnitude 7.90 Day 0 at Mars just above path
Star: HIP 4978 Magnitude 7.13 Day 3 Just below path and well past Mars (about) 20+ hours (Last day for HIP 4978)

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending upward and East as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement comes to an end.
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 605 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 605 is Friday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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

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#850 2020-12-05 08:04:04

tahanson43206
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Registered: 2018-04-27
Posts: 19,440

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

Today on Earth: 2020/12/05 Saturday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars   [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars:  0035/22/21 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth.  Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: 

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: 325.9   Sol Number: 606  Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL:      325.3  Previous Sol: 605

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:   220,690,580 km Difference is +163480 <= 7860 km/hour at 8.9 on 12/05 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   220,527,100 km Difference is +202466 <= 7878 km/hour at 12.1 on 12/04
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as:   220,324,634 km Difference is +192689 <= 7801 km/hour at 10.4 on 12/03

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1318215 RA 1h 6m 16.6s Day 0 Above path and ahead 28 hours
Star: HIP 5073 Magnitude 7.90 Day 1 past Mars just above path +14 hours

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending upward and East as seen from Earth

Light travel time is between 5 and 6 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip.[5:90,000,000] [6:120,000,000]

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.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement comes to an end.
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 606 is in Month 22 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 22 extends from Sol 586 through 613. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 22
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 606 is Saturday in the Proposed calendar for Mars.  <<== Skip day occurred November 22nd, 2020 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees.
The next Skip Day will occur in December 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
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

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 22 of 24: <<== Fourth month of Quarter 4

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