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    standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature...
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    meridian (sundial time) as seen by an observer on Mars. It is one of several units for timekeeping on Mars. A sol is slightly longer than an Earth day....
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  • Timekeeping on the Moon is an issue of synchronized human activity on the Moon and contact with such. The two main differences to timekeeping on Earth...
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    focusing on human mission to Mars for exploring the planet. Currently there are only proposals for Mars colonization and humans have not set foot on Mars yet...
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    terraforming the planet. Currently, only robotic landers and rovers have been on Mars. The farthest humans have been beyond Earth is the Moon, under the U.S...
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    Earth's Moon. Mars has a 124,000-year obliquity cycle compared to 41,000 years for Earth. Climate of Mars Extraterrestrial skies Timekeeping on Mars Transit...
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    The Mars carbonate catastrophe was an event that happened on Mars in its early history. Evidence shows Mars was once warmer and wet about 4 billion years...
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  • The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive...
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  • Epoch (redirect from Epoch (timekeeping))
    predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon Timekeeping on Mars – Proposed approaches to tracking date and time on the planet Mars Solomin, Rachel M. "Counting the...
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    Almost all water on Mars today exists as polar permafrost ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. What was thought...
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    to colonize Mars. The main element of this ambition is the plan to establish a self-sustained large scale settlement and colony on Mars, claiming self-determination...
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    Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red...
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    Mars MetNet, a proposed meteorological network on Mars Water on Mars Terraforming of Mars Mars carbonate catastrophe "Mars Quick Facts" (PDF). mars.nasa...
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    The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent...
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    The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) was a technology demonstration on the NASA Mars 2020 rover Perseverance investigating...
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    The two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are...
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    Cydonia (/sɪˈdoʊniə/, /saɪˈdoʊniə/) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred...
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    1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Beagle 2 Curiosity Deep Space 2 InSight Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance Phoenix Rosalind Franklin...
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    Deimos (moon) (redirect from Mars II)
    Deimos /ˈdaɪməs/ (systematic designation: Mars II) is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean...
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    Time zone (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    International Space Station normally uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Timekeeping on Mars can be more complex, since the planet has a solar day of approximately...
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    Olympus Mons (category Mountains on Mars)
    Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), about...
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  • The following is a list of regions on Mars given the name Terra (pl. Terrae). Most cover large, rugged areas, often including outflow channels, cratering...
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  • Tianwen-3 (category Missions to Mars)
    Tianwen-3 (Chinese: 天问三号) is a planned Mars sample-return mission by China which would send two spacecraft (an orbiter/Earth-returner and a lander/ascent-vehicle)...
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    The Phobos monolith is a large rock on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos. It is a boulder, about 85 m (279 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) tall. A monolith...
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    Mars has an orbit with a semimajor axis of 1.524 astronomical units (228 million km) (12.673 light minutes), and an eccentricity of 0.0934. The planet...
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    from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on Mars. During...
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    The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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    Mars Colonization of Mars Human mission to Mars Life on Mars List of artificial objects on Mars List of missions to Mars Mars landing Mars race Mars rover...
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  • temporal variations of meteorological phenomena of Mars, but later used for general timekeeping on Mars. Mars Years have no officially adopted month systems...
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  • known volcano in the Solar System. On Venus, volcanic features are very numerous and quite diverse, but, like on Mars, none are known to be currently active...
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