User talk:Tomruen/Mars oppositions

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Contents 1 Test article here 2 Photos on Wikipedia 3 Mars maps 4 Mars references

[edit] Test article here

I'm collecting information here for a new article, probably by the same name, to collect a list of oppositions and see how much information I can get about each of them.

I uploaded some quick images Mars_path_<year>.png which hopefully I can replace with better ones, possibly creating some lower resolution ones that look nicer as thumbnails, to show retrograde loop shapes.

Any suggestions or help is appreciated. Tom Ruen 22:28, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photos on Wikipedia

• Image:Karte Mars Schiaparelli MKL1888.png Mars Giovanni Schiaparelli 1988
• Image:Lowell Mars channels.jpg Mars Lowell 1914
• Image:Mars HST Mollweide map 1999.png Mars flat map 1999
• Image:Mars Hubble.jpg Mars Hubble 2001
• Image:Mars duststorm.jpg Mars Hubble 2001 Dust storms
• Image:2005-1103mars-full.jpg Mars Hubble 2005

[edit] Mars maps

Here's some links to pretty maps I know of Mars:

• Spacecraft
  • [1] Viking 1976
  • Topographical Mars 1998-1999 by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
• 1995
  • [2] Dan Troiani's 1995 map of Mars based on A.L.P.O. observations
• 2001
  • 2001 Global Dust storm (HST)
• 2003
  • [3] Flat map
• 2005
  • [4] Flat map

[edit] Mars references

• Observing the Planet Mars By: Jeffrey D. Beish
• Mars, The Lure of the Red Planet, by W. Sheehan and S. J. O'Meara.
• On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. 1958-1978
• Maps of Mars
• Hubble images of Mars 1995-1997
• Hubble Space Telescope Images of Mars
• Lowell's Legacy