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Aug 7, 2023 · NASA InSight Study Finds Mars Is Spinning Faster. Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles. NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the ...
Aug 9, 2023 · By Elisha Sauers on August 9, 2023. Researchers measured Mars' rotation using one of NASA's Insight lander instruments. Credit: NASA. The Red Planet's spin is speeding up a hair fast enough to ...
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Aug 7, 2023 · The findings, detailed in a recent Nature paper, rely on data from NASA’s InSight Mars lander, which operated for four years before running out of power during its extended mission in December 2022. To track the planet’s spin rate, the study’s authors relied on one of InSight’s instruments: a radio transponder and antennas collectively ...
Aug 8, 2023 · They found the planet’s rotation is accelerating by about 4 milliarcseconds per year² – corresponding to a shortening of the length of the Martian day by a fraction of a millisecond per year. NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the ...
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Aug 9, 2023 · The InSight Mars lander has turned out to be a gift that keeps on giving. Even though its mission ended late last year, the data sent back to Earth by the lander has continued to provide new and ...
Aug 7, 2023 · NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the lander to lose power in December of that year ...
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Feb 4, 2024 · RISE found that Mars’ precession rate is about 0.017 degrees per year faster than previous estimates. This means that Mars’ north pole points to different stars over time, similar to how Earth’s north pole points to different stars over a cycle of 26,000 years. However, Mars’ precession cycle is much shorter, about 172,000 years.