Issues and options for a Martian calendar

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 1483-1495

  Gangale, T ^a,c   Dudley Rowley, M ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPS Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

Calendar; Epoch; Mars; Social measurement; Timekeeping

Indexed keywords

SPACE RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

CALENDER; EPOCH; MARS; SOCIAL MEASUREMENT; TIMEKEEPING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 28944435962     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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