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Javascript Mars Clock
- eric-hu 14y agoCool concept. A couple static numbers would put these times into more perspective: - Length of a Mars day: 24h 37m 22.663s [1] - Sunrise/sunset at the Curiosity location (?) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars
- waterlesscloud 14y agoFunny, I was just using those same sources to calculate sunrise and sunset for Curiosity. I think the latitude for Curiosity is wrong on that Nasa site and in the data file for the downloadable clock they have. I think it should be negative, based on the other sources. I emailed the listed contact to ask. EDIT- Before I found that site, I was working from an ancient clock written in QBasic, described here: http://www.spaceacademy.net.au/spacelab/projects/marsclok/marsclok.htm http://www.spaceacademy.net.au/spacelab/projects/marsclok/ma...
- jtauber 14y agoI don't use latitude yet for any calculations. The longitude is given in degrees E but the formula requires degrees W so I just subtract it from 360.