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Re: Celestial Navigation on the surface of Mars
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Nov 10, 12:15 -0500
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Nov 10, 12:15 -0500
Sun SD from Mars: 10.5'
An interesting observation is available. Earth to Earth's Moon lunar! Similar to a Jovian satellite observation. But its a "lunar" from a strange perspective, as the two objects rotate about the barycenter. We should be able to distinguish the two objects and their apparent distance.
Phobos, with an orbital period of 8 hours, and Demos, with an orbital period of 30 hours, could provide excellent longitude resolution. Even more so if the Phobos/Demos distance is utilized. 360 degrees in 8 hours is 45 degrees per hour (45'/ minute), which compares to our more pedestrian 0.5°/hour.
But if its a one way trip, do you go?
Brad
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018, 10:10 AM Geoffrey Kolbe <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com wrote:
Greg Rudzinski wrote:
"The length of day on Mars is very close to that of Earth. I would propose a Mars second as 1.027 Earth seconds. A Mars watch could be made out of an Earth watch just by slowing a hair. Earth latitude and longitude could be used on Mars by using a nautical mile of .5324 of the Earth nautical mile (close to a kilometer). "
OK, I am game.... when do we go?
Geoffrey Kolbe
