Hi:
I usually don't write two different letters to the list on the same day, but
could'nt resist the following question in view of today's landing on Mars.
What would the martian analemma and Equation of Time look like?
Thanks
John Carmichael
Tucson Arizona
Hello,
The March '82 Sky&Tel article, "The Analemmas of the Planets", is an
interesting piece, I scanned a portion of my copy and posted the image
of the Martian Analemma at the following URL.
ftp://ftp.gcstudio.com/pub/sundial/marseot.jpg
As Robert mentions it has a teardrop sh
Mars has a high eccentricity value, third highest in
the solar system (Earth has the third lowest) and a moderate obliquity
value (very close to our own). Eccentricity is dominate, i.e., no
figure-eight.
-Luke
John Carmichael wrote:
>
> You guys are unbelieveable! I've had the mar
John Carmichael wrote:
> I usually don't write two different letters to the list on the same day, but
> could'nt resist the following question in view of today's landing on Mars.
>
> What would the martian analemma and Equation of Time look like?
Martian and other non-terrestrial analemmas were
John Carmichael contributed:
>
>You guys are unbelieveable! I've had the martian analemma & EOT question
>for a long time but never asked it for fear that you'd think I was a bit
>crazy. I thought who would even go to the trouble to calculate it since
>there'
You guys are unbelieveable! I've had the martian analemma & EOT question
for a long time but never asked it for fear that you'd think I was a bit
crazy. I thought who would even go to the trouble to calculate it since
there's not a big market for sundials on Mars. I'
