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Jul 12

2013

by Thilina Heenatigala

by Jean Constant

Published: Friday, July 12 2013 08:28

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Margasus

What would Pegasus, the winged horse, look like in Mars atmosphere?

Tech data - A) Mars - Aeolian Dune Monitoring Site (ESP_014413_2065) Lat: 26.1° Long: 57°. B) Maths - From Viviani’s figure eight shaped space curve — the intersection of a sphere with a cylinder tangent to the sphere and that passes through the center of the sphere. In 1737, the Church allowed Galileo to be reburied in a grave funded by Viviani. Viviani’s own remains were moved to Galileo’s new grave as well. The lunar crater Viviani is named after him.

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The cave of a 1000 treasures

Hidden (mathematical) treasures in a cave-like environment

Tech data - A) Mars - Light-Toned Deposits in Noctis Labyrinthus (ESP_014353_1685) Lat: -11.2° Long: 261.8°. B) Maths - Lissajous figures are waveform graph that arise by superposition of harmonic oscillations. Lissajous curves have applications in physics, astronomy, and other sciences.

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The odd frontier

The arid landscape and color scheme remind me of Hebert’s planet Arrakis. The original picture was taken from 157.8 miles above.

Tech data - A) Mars - USGS Dune Database Entry Number 3327-692 (ESP_014298_1105) Lat: -69.2° Long: 332.8°. B) Maths - Trefoil knots. The trefoil knot are considered nontrivial. It is impossible to “untie” a trefoil knot in three dimensions without cutting it.

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Dream-catchers

Alternate habitat for a dreamcatcher colony. Those who witnessed dreamcatcher occurrences on this planet will understand...

Tech data  -  A) Mars-Shield Volcano with a Summit Caldera (ESP_016173_2005) Lat: 20.1° Long: 250.3°. B) Maths - Variation on the genus 2 knot obtained from fourteen quasi-alternating positive generators.

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