Re: [amsat-bb] MARS rise & set times

[jrc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jeffrey Comstock)]

I am very interested in knowing when Odyssey and MGS are passing over
Spirit and Opportunity.  I can't find a good source of information for this.
Does anyone know of any software that will tell me this information ?

The closest I have come is a gif that shows where Odyssey is in it's orbit
around Mars.  The graphic looks like it came from the Solar System Simulator
at http://space.jpl.nasa.gov, but I can't figure out what the correct parameter
to pass to the simulator is for MGS and Odyssey.  I have sent email to the
webmaster requesting the info, but no reply.


> The JPL Horizons system will give you more information than you could
> possibly want regarding most solar system objects.
> 
> http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.html
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@erols.com>
> To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:53 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] MARS rise & set times
> 
> 
> > Bob, a quick search on the internet gives me:
> >
> > http://www.marsbase.net/m/sunrise-sunset-marsrise-marsset.php
> >
> > this page will calculate the rise, transit (highest elevation) & set times
> > for the planet MARS for any point on Earth for any date.  If Mars is above
> > the horizon then you are in it's "footprint"
> >
> > Richard Amirault                                N1JDU
> Boston,
> > MA, USA
> > www.erols.com/ramirault          "Go Fly A Kite"
> >

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