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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-06 08:30:06

Today on Earth: 2020/12/06 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/22 Sunday <<-- 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: 326.4 Sol Number: 607 Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL: 325.9 Previous Sol: 606

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: 220,882,882 km Difference is +192302 <= 7849 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/06
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 (Start slowing?)
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 (Peak out rate?)

Next Up: Galaxy 1322423 RA 1h 8m 28.0s Day 0 just below path and well ahead > 30 hours
Galaxy PGC 1318215 RA 1h 6m 16.6s Day 1 Above path and at Mars
Star: HIP 5073 Magnitude 7.90 Day 2 past Mars just above path last day for HIP 5073

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 607 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 607 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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-07 08:24:04

Today on Earth: 2020/12/07 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/23 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: 327.0 Sol Number: 608 Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL: 326.4 Previous Sol: 607

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: 221,071,875 km Difference is +188993 <= 7924 km/hour at 9.25 on 12/07 (?anomaly?)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 220,882,882 km Difference is +192302 <= 7849 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/06 (?slower?)
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 (Start slowing?)
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 (Peak out rate?)

Next Up: Galaxy 1322423 RA 1h 8m 28.0s Day 1 just below path and well ahead > 20 hours
Galaxy PGC 1318215 RA 1h 6m 16.6s Day 2 Above path and about 24 hours past Mars
Star: HIP 5073 Magnitude 7.90 Day 3 past Mars just above path - still visible - surely this is the last day for HIP 5073

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 608 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 608 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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-08 08:02:30

Today on Earth: 2020/12/08 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/24 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: 327.6 Sol Number: 609 Change is +.6 degrees
Previous SL: 327.0 Previous Sol: 608

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,259,279 km Difference is +187404 <= 7924 km/hour at 8.9 on 12/08 (No change?)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,071,875 km Difference is +188993 <= 7924 km/hour at 9.25 on 12/07 (?anomaly?)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 220,882,882 km Difference is +192302 <= 7849 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/06 (?slower?)
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 (Start slowing?)
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 (Peak out rate?)

Next up: Star HIP 5382 Magnitude 8.72 Day 0 Below path and ahead about 12 hours
Galaxy 1322423 RA 1h 8m 28.0s Day 2 just below path and at Mars
Galaxy PGC 1318215 RA 1h 6m 16.6s Day 3 Above path and about 40 hours past Mars = Last day for 215

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 609 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 609 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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-09 08:20:39

Today on Earth: 2020/12/09 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/25 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: 328.1 Sol Number: 610 Change is +.5 degrees
Previous SL: 327.6 Previous Sol: 609

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,452,276 km Difference is +192997 <= 7942 km/hour at 9.2 on 12/09
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,259,279 km Difference is +187404 <= 7924 km/hour at 8.9 on 12/08 (No change?)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,071,875 km Difference is +188993 <= 7924 km/hour at 9.25 on 12/07 (?anomaly?)

Next up: Star HIP 5382 Magnitude 8.72 Day 1 Below path and behind about 12 hours
Galaxy 1322423 RA 1h 8m 28.0s Day 3 just below path and about 24 hours past Mars

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 610 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 610 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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

SpaceNut · 2020-12-09 18:15:11

Something is going on with the lander Insight as there has been no temperature or wind speed measurements collected during the last 2 weeks....
All eyes will be soon on the Perseverance rovers landing..for FEB 18, 2021 .. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-10 07:34:31

Today on Earth: 2020/12/10 Thursday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/26 Thursday <<-- 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: 328.7 Sol Number: 611 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 328.1 Previous Sol: 610

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,637,545 km Difference is +185269 <= 7951 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/10
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,452,276 km Difference is +192997 <= 7942 km/hour at 9.2 on 12/09
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,259,279 km Difference is +187404 <= 7924 km/hour at 8.9 on 12/08 (No change?)

Next Up: Star HIP 5562 Magnitude 9.30 Day 0 Below path and ahead between 12 and 24 hours
Star HIP 5382 Magnitude 8.72 Day 2 Below path and behind about 30 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 611 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 611 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-11 06:10:16

Today on Earth: 2020/12/11 Friday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/22/27 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: 329.2 Sol Number: 612 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 328.7 Previous Sol: 611

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,817,703 km Difference is +180158 <= 7972 km/hour at 7.1 on 12/11
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,637,545 km Difference is +185269 <= 7951 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/10
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,452,276 km Difference is +192997 <= 7942 km/hour at 9.2 on 12/09

Next up: Star TYC 613-837-1 Magnitude 10.47 Below path and ahead about 11.5 hours
Star HIP 5562 Magnitude 9.30 Day 1 Below path and behind about 8 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 612 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 612 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-12 09:38:09

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

Today on Mars: 0035/22/28 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: This is the last 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: 329.8 Sol Number: 613 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 329.2 Previous Sol: 612

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,036,999 km Difference is +219296 <= 7974 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/12
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,817,703 km Difference is +180158 <= 7972 km/hour at 7.1 on 12/11
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,637,545 km Difference is +185269 <= 7951 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/10

Next Up: Galaxy PGC 1341340 RA 1h 13m 18.5s Day 0 In path ahead less than 23 hours
Star TYC 613-837-1 Magnitude 10.47 Day 1 Below path and behind more than 12 hours
Star HIP 5562 Magnitude 9.30 Day 2 Below path and behind more than 24 hours - last day for HIP 5562

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 613 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 613 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 <<== This is the last day of Month 22 / Month 12 of the Astronomical calendar is imminent.

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-13 08:14:14

Today on Earth: 2020/12/13 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/01 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: This is the first day of Month 23

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

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 330.3 Sol Number: 614 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 329.8 Previous Sol: 613

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222.217,748 km Difference is +180749 <= 8015 km/hour at 9.15 on 12/13
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,036,999 km Difference is +219296 <= 7974 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/12
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,817,703 km Difference is +180158 <= 7972 km/hour at 7.1 on 12/11
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 221,637,545 km Difference is +185269 <= 7951 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/10

Next Up: Star TYC 613-755-1 Magnitude 11.51 Day 0 In path ahead < 11 hours
Galaxy PGC 1341340 RA 1h 13m 18.5s Day 1 In path behind less than 11 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 614 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 614 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

SpaceNut · 2020-12-13 09:49:54

I noticed that INSIGHT is still not sending back any data and wondered if the planets opposition was being blocked by the sun but its not as seen on https://www.theplanetstoday.com/#
So I am wondering what happened to the lander?

List of active Solar System probes

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-13 11:00:39

For SpaceNut re #860 ... This is the second time (that I noticed) you've reported that Insight is not sending data.

It might be helpful if someone could contact the Insight team at NASA.

However, for what it's worth ... the current Sol for Insight is reported to be 727 .... (Sols since Landing) (per Google)

The most recent image is from Sol 725, or only 2 Sols ago.

I deduce that the image transmission subsystem was still working that recently.

Is there a member of the forum who would be willing to find out what's going on?

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-14 07:44:26

Today on Earth: 2020/12/14 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/02 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 330.9 Sol Number: 615 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 330.3 Previous Sol: 614

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,405,130 km Difference is +187382 <= 7923 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/14 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,217,748 km Difference is +180749 <= 8015 km/hour at 9.15 on 12/13
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,036,999 km Difference is +219296 <= 7974 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/12

Next Up: Galaxy PGC 1345891 RA 1h 16m 32.9s Day 0 below and ahead about 21 hours
Star TYC 613-755-1 Magnitude 11.51 Day 1 In path behind more than 10.5 hours
Galaxy PGC 1341340 RA 1h 13m 18.5s Day 2 In path behind more than 21 hours - last day for 1341340

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 615 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 615 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-15 09:40:50

Today on Earth: 2020/12/15 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/03 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 331.4 Sol Number: 616 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 330.9 Previous Sol: 615

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,614,400 km Difference is +209270 <= 8018 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/15
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,405,130 km Difference is +187382 <= 7923 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/14 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,217,748 km Difference is +180749 <= 8015 km/hour at 9.15 on 12/13

Next up: Star TYC 613-764-1 Magnitude 11.21 Day 0 In path about 21 hours ahead
Galaxy PGC 1345891 RA 1h 16m 32.9s Day 1 Even with Mars but so far below it may not be visible on screen tomorrow
Star TYC 613-755-1 Magnitude 11.51 Day 2 In path behind more than 21 hours - last day for TYC 613-755-1

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 continues.
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 616 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 616 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

SpaceNut · 2020-12-15 09:53:04

This topic is sounding like a "business opportunity tahanson43206" as you are onto a watch designed for the consumer on mars wanting to keep in touch with those still here on earth. It would be simular to the timezone watches used here on earth with the day feature being add to know what it is on earth versus mars...

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-15 10:29:48

For SpaceNut re #864

Thanks for the encouraging post !!! The modern equivalent of a Swiss Watch is the ubiquitous cell phone ....

An app could be added to the App Store (all varieties) to perform the display of the two calendars simultaneously. The app could even be programmed to alert the user when various Earth Holidays or special dates (such as birthdays of relatives or anniversaries of family events) come up.

I Agree this would definitely be a "business opportunity" for the bright young person who puts the bits together to make that happen.

However, the same concept could go the other way ... I'd been hoping to somehow persuade a calendar printer to offer a Mars calendar, starting in Mars Year 36, which will start next February (Earth time). An App would be far less expensive and it would (could) reach a far greater audience.

By now NASA has accumulated a huge collection of very high quality images, and (I'm hoping) some sort of licensing arrangement might be possible to construct a calendar with a different image for each Mars Month.

That is even an idea that could be added to the daily Mars Calendar update on NewMars forum. There are others here who specialize in images from Mars.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-16 07:49:19

Today on Earth: 2020/12/16 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/04 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 332.0 Sol Number: 617 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 331.4 Previous Sol: 616

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,792,570 km Difference is +178170 <= 8061 km/hour at 8.7 on 12/16
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,614,400 km Difference is +209270 <= 8018 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/15
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,405,130 km Difference is +187382 <= 7923 km/hour at 8.5 on 12/14 (anomaly)

Next up: Star HIP 6006 Magnitude 9.82 Above Mars Day 0 About 10 hours ahead
Star TYC 613-764-1 Magnitude 11.21 Day 1 In path about 3 hours behind
Galaxy PGC 1345891 RA 1h 16m 32.9s Day 2 Past Mars but so far below it will not be visible on screen tomorrow

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 continues.
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 617 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 617 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-17 08:26:21

Today on Earth: 2020/12/17 Thursday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/05 Thursday <<-- 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 332.5 Sol Number: 618 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 332.0 Previous Sol: 617

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,987,999 km Difference is +195429 <= 8042 km/hour at 9.0 on 12/17 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,792,570 km Difference is +178170 <= 8061 km/hour at 8.7 on 12/16
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,614,400 km Difference is +209270 <= 8018 km/hour at 10.6 on 12/15

Next up: Star TYC 613-313-1 Magnitude 10.32 Above Mars Day 0 At Mars
Star HIP 6006 Magnitude 9.82 Above Mars Day 1 About 14 hours behind
Star TYC 613-764-1 Magnitude 11.21 Day 2 In path about 27 hours behind

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 continues.
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 618 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 618 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-18 06:03:54

Today on Earth: 2020/12/18 Friday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/06 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 333.0 Sol Number: 619 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 332.5 Previous Sol: 618

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,165,330 km Difference is +177331 <= 8060 km/hour at 7.0 on 12/18
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,987,999 km Difference is +195429 <= 8042 km/hour at 9.0 on 12/17 (anomaly)
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,792,570 km Difference is +178170 <= 8061 km/hour at 8.7 on 12/16

Next up: Star HIP 6227 Just above path and about 20 hours ahead on Day 0
Star TYC 613-313-1 Magnitude 10.32 Above Mars Day 1 about 20 hours behind
Star HIP 6006 Magnitude 9.82 Above Mars Day 2 more than 24 hours behind ... last day for 6006

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 continues.
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 619 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 619 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-19 11:54:54

Today on Earth: 2020/12/19 Saturday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/07 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 333.6 Sol Number: 620 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 333.0 Previous Sol: 619

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,406,999 km Difference is +241669 <= 8082 km/hour at 12.9 on 12/19
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,165,330 km Difference is +177331 <= 8060 km/hour at 7.0 on 12/18
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 222,987,999 km Difference is +195429 <= 8042 km/hour at 9.0 on 12/17

Next up: Galaxy (large) NGC 489 Magnitude 13.50 Ahead of Mars on Day 0 about 10 hours
Star HIP 6227 Just above path and at Mars on Day 1

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 continues.
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 620 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 620 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-20 08:57:54

Today on Earth: 2020/12/20 Sunday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/08 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: On Earth, it is Astronomical New Year's Eve. The Winter Solstice will occur Monday, December 21st.

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

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 334.1 Sol Number: 621 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 333.6 Previous Sol: 620

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,572,700 km Difference is +165701 <= 8083 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/20
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,406,999 km Difference is +241669 <= 8082 km/hour at 12.9 on 12/19
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,165,330 km Difference is +177331 <= 8060 km/hour at 7.0 on 12/18

Next up: Galaxy NGC 509 Magnitude 14.60 Day 0 in path and about 19 hours ahead
Galaxy (large) NGC 489 Magnitude 13.50 Behind Mars on Day 1 about 10 hours - Note that the pace of movement of the display is increasing

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 continues.
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 621 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 621 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-21 09:47:23

Today on Earth: 2020/12/21 Monday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/09 Monday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: On Earth, it is Astronomical New Year's Day. The Winter Solstice occurred Monday, December 21st.

The Sun is at minimum elevation in the South at Noon, as viewed from the Northern hemisphere.

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

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 334.7 Sol Number: 622 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 334.1 Previous Sol: 621

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,777,524 km Difference is +204824 <= 8096 km/hour at 10.7 on 12/21
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,572,700 km Difference is +165701 <= 8083 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/20
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,406,999 km Difference is +241669 <= 8082 km/hour at 12.9 on 12/19

Next up: Bright Galaxy NGC 524 Magnitude 11.30 below Mars and about 15 hours ahead.
Galaxy NGC 509 Magnitude 14.60 Day 2 in path and about 5 hours behind.

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 6 and 7 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip. [6:120,000,000] [7:140,000,000]

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 continues.
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 622 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 622 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

SpaceNut · 2020-12-21 17:53:27

Winter solstice we saw at 270' on Sep 02 2020 so the days are getting longer while the distance from the sun increases.

What is odd is the amount of solar in winter is higher but with the days time is short we do not see any really amount of mars warming.

While the summer day grows longer but the amount of solar striking the planet is dropping.

I think this is in the topic but if its not here it is https://www.planetary.org/articles/mars-calendar

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-22 08:37:03

Today on Earth: 2020/12/22 Tuesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/10 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: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 335.2 Sol Number: 623 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 334.7 Previous Sol: 622

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,962,245 km Difference is +184721 <= 8102 km/hour at 9.5 on 12/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,777,524 km Difference is +204824 <= 8096 km/hour at 10.7 on 12/21
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,572,700 km Difference is +165701 <= 8083 km/hour at 9.4 on 12/20

Next Up:Star TYC 614-178-1 Magnitude 10.61 Day 0 Above path and about 12 hours ahead
Bright Galaxy NGC 524 Magnitude 11.30 Day 1 below Mars and about 8 hours behind.
Galaxy NGC 509 Magnitude 14.60 Day 3 in path and about 25 hours behind. - last day for 509

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 6 and 7 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip. [6:120,000,000] [7:140,000,000]

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 continues.
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 623 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 623 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-23 08:08:07

Today on Earth: 2020/12/23 Wednesday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/11 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: Today is Day 2 of the Astronomical New Year on Earth

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

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 335.8 Sol Number: 624 Change in degrees is +.6
Previous SL: 335.2 Previous Sol: 623

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 224,153,500 km Difference is +191255 <= 8104 km/hour at 9.1 on 12/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,962,245 km Difference is +184721 <= 8102 km/hour at 9.5 on 12/22
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,777,524 km Difference is +204824 <= 8096 km/hour at 10.7 on 12/21

Next up: Spiral galaxy IC 114 Magnitude 15.20 Day 0 Above and just ahead of Mars
Star TYC 614-178-1 Magnitude 10.61 Day 1 Above path and about 12 hours behind
Bright Galaxy NGC 524 Magnitude 11.30 Day 1 below Mars and about 28 hours behind - last day for 524

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 6 and 7 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip. [6:120,000,000] [7:140,000,000]

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 continues.
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 624 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 624 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

tahanson43206 · 2020-12-24 09:26:15

Today on Earth: 2020/12/24 Thursday (Earth Date) Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Today on Mars: 0035/23/12 Thursday <<-- Days of the week are in alignment with those on Earth. Earth December 29, 2020 next alignment estimate.

One day note: Today is Day 3 of the Astronomical New Year on Earth

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

Martian Year: 35 Martian Month in 12 month format: 12 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 360 degrees

Solar Longitude: 336.3 Sol Number: 625 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 335.8 Previous Sol: 624

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)

Note: The computations below are dependent upon the computations provided by the reference web site. The reference web site is NOT reporting observations. It is instead computing positions of the various objects by extrapolating from past observations. Another factor is accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The web site display updates several times per second.

Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 224,358,220 km Difference is +204720 <= 8124 km/hour at 10.3 on 12/24
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 224,153,500 km Difference is +191255 <= 8104 km/hour at 9.1 on 12/23
Distance of Mars from the Sun is given by theskylive.com as: 223,962,245 km Difference is +184721 <= 8102 km/hour at 9.5 on 12/22

Next up: Star TYC 617-589-1 Magnitude 10.88 Day 0 above and just ahead of Mars
Spiral galaxy IC 114 Magnitude 15.20 Day 1 Above and about 20 hours behind Mars
Star TYC 614-178-1 Magnitude 10.61 Day 2 Above path and about 36 hours behind - last day for 6f14

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 6 and 7 minutes. Communications delay would be 10+ minutes round trip. [6:120,000,000] [7:140,000,000]

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 continues.
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 625 is in Month 23 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 23 extends from Sol 614 through 641. 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 625 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. Per www.planetary.org this will occur February 7, 2021 (Year 36)
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 23 of 24: <<== Fifth month of Quarter 4

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