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MarsDial

The MarsDial is a sundial that was devised for missions to Mars. It is used to calibrate the Pancam cameras of the Mars landers. MarsDials were placed on the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, inscribed with the words "Two worlds, One sun" and the word "Mars" in 22 languages. The MarsDial can function as a gnomon, the stick or other vertical part of a…

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SundialMarsPancam camerasSpiritOpportunity
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MarsDial

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Triples9
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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MarsDial → Archived, Curiosity's Marsdial, Mars, MarsDialMake, Planetary, The Planetary Society, The Planetary Society's, Wayback MachineMSL's
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MarsDial → sundial that was devised for missions to Mars

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mars sundial also used gnomon rovers stick part design science 2012 spirit opportunity curiosity msl planetary devised missions calibrate pancam

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MarsDialis asundial that was devised for missions to Mars0.90text
MarsDialrelated to External linksCuriosity's Marsdial0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksMars0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksThe Planetary Society0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksThe Planetary Society's0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksMarsDialMake0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksPlanetary0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
MarsDialrelated to External linksWayback MachineMSL's0.60section

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