NASA's Perseverance rover has created the first Martian weather report and it gives us a better idea of what Mars' surface holds.
The weather on Mars is proving to be unpredictable and turbulent. After months of roaming the surface of the Red Planet, NASA says that Perseverance has used the instruments onboard to create the first proper Martian weather report, which gives us an average of the temperatures found in the Jezero Crater where Perseverance has been searching for signs of life on Mars.
To create this new weather report, Perseverance used five button-sized sensors that are part of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer onboard the rover. These sensors pick up various bits of information about the environment on Mars, which has allowed Perseverance to create the first Martian weather report.
According to that report, the Jezero Crater sees average temperatures of minus 67 degrees Fahrenheit . This can vary, though, to as much as 90 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit between night and day.that Mars’ atmosphere oscillates depending on the periods of the Martian solar day, depending on the daily cycle of sunshine and the amount of dust in the clouds.
From NASA’s blog: “This image of Mars was taken from the height of 33 feet by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter during its sixth flight on May 22, 2021.” Image source:
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