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from the predicting-low-temperatures-brought-on-by-reduced-sunshine-and-a-low-pressure-system dept.
Courtesy of its Insight lander, NASA has launched a website that provides week-long weather forecasts for Elysium Planitia of our dusty red neighbor.
The new site is available here, and
...provides the public with a weekly Mars forecast, including high and low temperatures, wind speed, and pressure. The weekly forecast is joined by a historic data chart showing average and record temperatures for the Red Planet, offering a truly unique look at the foreign world.
The lander is located on the Elysium Planitia, a flat, smooth plain located slightly North of the equator.
The InSight(Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander's primary mission is to "to study in-depth the 'inner space' of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core."
NASA does better with acronyms than Congress.
Also at: Bad Astronomer, CNN, Forbes, and Fortune.
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Thursday February 21 2019, @08:06AM
This is a weather report, with actually measured data, not a forecast. The latest such report is from four days ago.
Still, these are very interesting data. It looks like they're having a cold spell over there, with high temperatures getting lower every day.