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What do the clocks on the Phoenix and NASA websites represent?

April 26, 2017clocks NASA Phoenix Websites

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What do the clocks on the Phoenix and NASA websites represent?

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The clock on our website represents the current time on Mars (similar to the clock on your computer telling you the current time on Earth). NASA’s clock is a mission elapse time and represents the number of hours Phoenix has been on Mars. Sol 0 is the day Phoenix landed: Every day the Sol clock will go up by one. For more information on the Phoenix Clock, click on the text “Current Time on Mars.” This link will bring you to a page with more details about calculating Mars time.