File:Earth Sol63A UFO-A067R1.jpg
Summary
This is an image of what is now believed to be the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meteor" class="extiw" title="en:meteor">meteor</a> photographed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(planet)" class="extiw" title="en:Mars (planet)">Mars</a>. The image was taken by Mars rover <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)" class="extiw" title="en:Spirit (rover)">Spirit</a> on March 7, 2004 (Sol 63), at 04:50:19 local time (LST), with an exposure time of 15 seconds. Analysis published in the June 2, 2005 issue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="en:Nature (magazine)">Nature</a> indicates that this was likely a meteor from a Martian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meteor_shower" class="extiw" title="en:meteor shower">meteor shower</a> whose parent body is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comet" class="extiw" title="en:comet">comet</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114P/Wiseman-Skiff" class="extiw" title="en:114P/Wiseman-Skiff">114P/Wiseman-Skiff</a> and whose radiant is in the constellation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" class="extiw" title="en:Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a>. Because of the long exposure time, another possibility originally considered was that this could have been the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_2" class="extiw" title="en:Viking 2">Viking 2</a> Orbiter rather than a meteor.
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| current | 05:39, 5 January 2017 | | 1,174 × 1,041 (397 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | This is an image of what is now believed to be the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meteor" class="extiw" title="en:meteor">meteor</a> photographed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(planet)" class="extiw" title="en:Mars (planet)">Mars</a>. The image was taken by Mars rover <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)" class="extiw" title="en:Spirit (rover)">Spirit</a></i> on March 7, 2004 (Sol 63), at 04:50:19 local time (LST), with an exposure time of 15 seconds. Analysis published in the June 2, 2005 issue of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="en:Nature (magazine)">Nature</a></i> indicates that this was likely a meteor from a Martian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meteor_shower" class="extiw" title="en:meteor shower">meteor shower</a> whose parent body is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comet" class="extiw" title="en:comet">comet</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114P/Wiseman-Skiff" class="extiw" title="en:114P/Wiseman-Skiff">114P/Wiseman-Skiff</a> and whose radiant is in the constellation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" class="extiw" title="en:Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a>. Because of the long exposure time, another possibility originally considered was that this could have been the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_2" class="extiw" title="en:Viking 2">Viking 2</a> Orbiter rather than a meteor. |
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