Links for 2003 Mars Opposition

 

MARS Fact Page

http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/mars/MARSdata.html

 

Mars Opposition – loop

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky03.html

Mars Retrograde – loop

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky04.html

Mars Images

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/mars1.htm

Mars Lander 1 Image

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mars/vlpan11.htm

Mars Lander 2 Image

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mars/vlpan22.htm

More Mars Images

http://www.uta.edu/english/apt/homepage/homeplanet/home.html

General Info

http://www.earthsky.com/2003/es030814.html

Which Side is Visible? -- explanation of profiler & launch profiler

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_997_1.asp#

Diagram of changing size of Mars

Http: //skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_985_2.asp

 

Meridian Chart

http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/164owiwv.asp

Tonight’s sky -- change date

http: //www.earthsky.org/Features/Skywatching/swg030811-n.html

Many Faces of Mars

http: //www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/506odkwn.asp

 

Inverted viewing through Telescope

 

References to Mars in pop culture

http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/349ejnap.asp

General Solar system info

http://www.solstation.com/stars/sol-sum.htm

9 planets

http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/overview.html

NASA Planet Fact Page

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html

 

 


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