STATUS REPORT
Date Released:
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Source: NASAJPL/MSSS
NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Mars at Ls 39 Degrees 04-04-2006
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1422, 4 April 2006
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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This picture is a composite of
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
daily global images acquired at
Ls 39°
during a previous Mars year. This month, Mars looks
similar, as
Ls 39° occurs in
mid-April 2006.
The picture shows the
Tharsis
face of Mars. Over the course of the month, additional faces
of Mars as it appears at this time of year are being posted
for MOC Picture of the Day.
Ls, solar longitude,
is a measure of the time of year on Mars. Mars
travels 360° around the Sun in 1 Mars year. The
year begins at Ls 0°, the start of northern
spring and southern autumn.
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Season: Northern Spring/Southern Autumn
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Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology
built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission.
MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, California.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project
operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial
partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena,
California and Denver, Colorado.
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