One of the things that they sent to Mars recently was a sundial. Picture at:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990428.html >===== Original Message From "Ross Sinclair Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >De-lurking after a big move (from California to Agde, France). > >Combining an astronomy hobby with sundials, I wonder if anyone has thought >of how a sundial on Mars or Venus might look (ignoring the thick venusian >clouds for the experiment), or one on the Moon? > >And what about designing dials for Earth that keep the different planetary >times? So that one could set up a line of dials each keeping time on the >different planets of the solar system. > >This just popped into my head just now, so I haven't worked out any of the >details, but I look forward to the response of anyone else who's willing to >spend some time thinking about it. > >Ross Caldwell >43.3166N >-3.4667E > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Discutez en ligne avec vos amis, essayez MSN Messenger : >http://messenger.msn.fr/ Totalise - the Users ISP ---------------------- To become a member and a shareholder visit http://www.totalise.net
