[hattend]

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/timeline/prelaunch/landingsiteselection/aboutgalecrater/

Location:
4.5 degrees south latitude, 137.4 degrees east longitude

Diameter:
96 miles (154 kilometers)

Elevation:
14,400 feet (4,400 meters) below Martian “sea level”

Temperature Range:
From - 130 F to 32 F (-90 C to 0 C)

Landing Ellipse:
4 miles wide and 12 miles long (7 kilometers by 20 kilometers)

Crater mound height:
3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) above the crater floor

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And for FReeper BIGLOOK:

Local time at landing:
Approximately 3 p.m. Mars local time

[JRandomFreeper]

Thanks. I converted 137.4E to 222.6W because the Java program wants input in that format. Can anyone confirm that I got my sums correct? I am, after all, just a cook.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Where did you get the local time from? I'm showing 03:30 LMST on my Mars clock for that location right now. 12 hours out would put the landing at about 3:00 am CST.

Sheesh. I thought time zones on earth were tough enough without adding Mars time zones.

/johnny

[Kickass Conservative]

Too bad it's Sunday. The Mars Chick Fil A will be closed when Curiosity gets there.