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Exact landing time needed for "{{Perseverance Mission Timer}}"
NOTE: Exact landing time — in terms of ((13 + (50 / 60))*(1/24)))) — needed for my newly created "{{Perseverance Mission Timer}}" page - this newly created template used the "{{Curiosity Mission Timer}}" page code as a helpful starting point - and the exact landing code for the "Perseverance (rover)" on this "{{Perseverance Mission Timer}}" page may need to be corrected and updated by someone who may have more experience with this than I have at the moment - please see the "{{Perseverance Mission Timer}}" page (and related talk-page) for more details - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 22:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- FWIW: The exact landing time was 2021-02-18 20:43:48.8175 UTC SCET (Space Craft Event Time). But for some reason it seems to be Wikipedia practice to instead show the ERT (Earth Received Time) of events. Sorry, I cannot provide a link for confirmation. I received the info in e-mail from a member of JPL staff. SelfCorrection ( talk) 02:39, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Landing location
I'm not sure how precise this is but NASA's Mars map widget seems to give a location of 77.45°, 18.445°. Is that worth updating the landing site with or should we wait for a more official value? DenisMoskowitz (talk) 00:22, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- Update but keep checking for changes. There is an image on the page of the location, looks like a little further in two directions it would have crashed, although instruments on the craft were looking out for landing obstacles and changing fuel bursts accordingly. Randy Kryn ( talk) 00:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- I believe we should wait for the official location as mentioned by DenisMoskowitz. This seems to be the best way to ensure that the data is accurate and offical. Jurisdicta ( talk) 04:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- I received e-mail from a member of JPL staff on 15 March 2021 stating that landing occurred at 77.45088572°E 18.44462715°N planetocentric. I had previously been given the same coordinates by someone who deep dived into the "Where is Perseverance?" webpage and apparently found it in a JSON file used by that tool. SelfCorrection ( talk) 02:40, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- I believe we should wait for the official location as mentioned by DenisMoskowitz. This seems to be the best way to ensure that the data is accurate and offical. Jurisdicta ( talk) 04:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
There should be a new subsection for landing and then a new section for science results on Mars - or maybe that is an entirely new article.
See: JPL post landing press conference at https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ The JPL post landing briefing gave maps with the landing spot. Al Chen, the JPL landing lead showed 3 slides at times 56:45 to 58:30 in the video. The first slide showed the overall area with the precise landing spot. The second slide showed a zoom in to larger scale. This is the slide that has already been added to this wikipedia page. The third slide at 57:45 is perhaps the most important because it illustrates the success of the first ever intelligent landing navigation system used in a planetary lander. The TERRAIN RELATIVE NAVIGATION system enabled Perseverance to thread the needle between two red zones shown on the third slide. See: https://science.nasa.gov/technology/technology-highlights/terrain-relative-navigation-landing-between-the-hazards The success of Perseverance in this landing will enable future low cost landers to go into much more hazardous and high payoff landing sites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RM2001ASO (talk • contribs) 13:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Please add Easter eggs
Please add Easter eggs on this page as said by nasa in its latest tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/nasa/status/1378759043792171017 Chinakpradhan (talk) 04:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
I have published the photos and added them on timeline of Mars 2020 page but please add the inscription or on the Mars 2020 page Chinakpradhan (talk) 15:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Unknown thing on mars 2020 perseverance rover
Can anyone explain what is this? Chinakpradhan (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- It's the entrance (I think) to the sample handling system. Here's a wider view with the door closed. (The images are different ways up.) 79.64.187.6 ( talk) 16:12, 18 May 2021 (UTC)