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Martian Time-Slip
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Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze.
Carl Sagan

A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky,
would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject.
Seneca

Martian Statistics
Mean Distance from Sun = 227,940,000 KM
Shortest Distance from Earth = 55,700,000 KM
Greatest Distance from Earth = 399,000,000 KM
Rotational Period = 24.6229 hours
Orbital Period = 686.98 days
Diameter = 6,762 KM
Gravity = .38 of Earth's
Mass = .11 of Earth's
Mean Surface Temperature -63^oC
(-87^o to 17^o C)
Number of Satellites = 2

If I have been able to see farther than others,
it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.
Sir Isaac Newton

Resources

Federation of American Scientists Mars Resources	Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) Mars Meteorites
Views of the Solar System: Mars Introduction, Life, Geology, Exploration	JPL Mars Exploration Program
Chris Anderson's Mars Site EXTENSIVE	JPL PLANETS Mars
MSSS Mars Page Surveyor '98	NSSDC Mars Photo Gallery
Minds Eye Fiction Online Mars	Evidence of Primitive Life On Mars

Where there is no vision, the people perish,
Proverbs 29:18

West To Mars
(Come with us on the Journey)

Mars Direct
(Images from Ken Fair)

Marsport
Come See the Vision

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from LJ's Martian Time-Slip
Mars Book List
or browse

The Moons of Mars

Deimos

Phobos

The universe is full of magical things patiently
waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Eden Phillpots

The Planetary Society
Promotes Exploration of the Solar System
Founded by Carl Sagan

On to Mars!
The National Space Society
of the United States

Space Exploration Gallery
All the latest missions via CNN

When, at eve, thou rovest
By the star thou lovest,
O then remember me!

Thomas Moore

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