Vikings spotted from Mars orbit?

It was interesting to see the Spirit lander was photographed from Mars
orbit.
Does anyone know if the Vikings were ever observed from orbit?

Steve

Malin says he has located VL-1, image is on his website. Looks like a rock,
it's covered with dust.



"Stephen Bolton" wrote in message
...
It was interesting to see the Spirit lander was photographed from Mars
orbit.
Does anyone know if the Vikings were ever observed from orbit?

Steve

"JimO"

Malin says he has located VL-1, image is on his website. Looks like a
rock,
it's covered with dust.

How can you tell it's covered with dust? It's nothing more than a spot!

Jon

"Jon Berndt" wrote in message ...
"JimO"

Malin says he has located VL-1, image is on his website. Looks like a rock,
it's covered with dust.

How can you tell it's covered with dust? It's nothing more than a spot!

Besides, wouldn't Viking be covered with dust by now?



--
__ “A good leader knows when it’s best to ignore the __
('__` screams for help and focus on the bigger picture.� '__`)
//6(6; ©OOL mmiv :^)^\\
`\_-/ http://home.t-online.de/home/ulrich....lmann/redbaron \-_/'

"Hagar" wrote in message

"Jon Berndt" wrote:

"JimO"

Malin says he has located VL-1, image is on his website.
Looks like a rock, it's covered with dust.

How can you tell it's covered with dust? It's nothing more than a
spot!

If it weren't covered with dust, it'd be a WHITE spot.

It's nothing more than a white spot!

One might assume it is covered with dust, but it cannot be seen to be
covered with dust (or not) - the picture is just too small.

Jon

Stephen Bolton wrote:
It was interesting to see the Spirit lander was photographed from Mars
orbit.
Does anyone know if the Vikings were ever observed from orbit?

Steve



As far as I know, the position of Viking-2 is so uncertain that it has
proved impossible to spot in any orbital picture.

In article ,
Paolo Ulivi wrote:
As far as I know, the position of Viking-2 is so uncertain that it has
proved impossible to spot in any orbital picture.

Correct. Take a look at the recent orbital imaging of the Pathfinder site
by the MGS camera: there is a *tiny* feature, looking just like any other
rock, which can be inferred to be the Pathfinder lander only because it's
in *exactly* the right place. The terrain around Viking 2 is so close to
featureless that it can't be located that precisely, not now that it's
long since coated with dust.
--
MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer
since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. |

(Henry Spencer) writes:

in *exactly* the right place. The terrain around Viking 2 is so close to
featureless that it can't be located that precisely, not now that it's
long since coated with dust.

I'd be surprised if it didn't stand out like a sore thumb in the
infrared after sunrise or sunset. But not very surprised.

Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
(Henry Spencer) writes:

in *exactly* the right place. The terrain around Viking 2 is so close to
featureless that it can't be located that precisely, not now that it's
long since coated with dust.

I'd be surprised if it didn't stand out like a sore thumb in the
infrared after sunrise or sunset. But not very surprised.

Does anything orbiting mars have a thermal infrared camera?

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
...
Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
(Henry Spencer) writes:

in *exactly* the right place. The terrain around Viking 2 is so close
to
featureless that it can't be located that precisely, not now that it's
long since coated with dust.

I'd be surprised if it didn't stand out like a sore thumb in the
infrared after sunrise or sunset. But not very surprised.

Does anything orbiting mars have a thermal infrared camera?

Not with anywhere near the resolution required.