MARS CENTRAL MERIDIAN: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2003

(rotates 15 ^o per hour; slips about 10 ^o backward per day relative to Earth at same time of night)

August

4h UT (11 p.m.)

19/20 (Tu/W) 100 ^o r=.376 d=24.8”

22/23 (F/Sa) 73 ^o

25/26 (M/Tu) 46 ^o r=.373 d=25.0”

29/30 (F/Sa) 11 ^o

September

3h UT (10 p.m.)

1/2 (M/Tu) 330 ^o

2/3 (Tu/W) 321 ^o r=.375 d=24.8”

5/6 (F/Sa) 294 ^o

8/9 (M/Tu) 268 ^o

9/10 (Tu/W) 259 ^o r=.386 d=24.0”

12/13 (F/Sa) 232 ^o

15/16 (M/Tu) 205 ^o

2h UT (9 p.m.)

16/17 (Tu/W) 182 ^o r=.402 d=23.2”

19/20 (F/Sa) 154 ^o

22/23 (M/Tu) 128 ^o

23/24 (Tu/W) 118 ^o

26/27 (F/Sa) 91 ^o r=.436 d=21.4”