CMO Ls Index

CMO Ls Index


Masami MURAKAMI


Two hundred issues of the CMO compile a good many data of the Martian seasons obtained in the last six apparitions of Mars. It may be interesting to present the issue numbers on a plane whose abscissa shows the Martian seasons in Ls while vertical line the apparent diameter.

Areocentric logitudes ( Ls )
      0          30          60          90          120         150         180         210         240         270         300         330         360 
  "   I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I 
25.0-                                                                                                                                                   -
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    -                                                                                                            (1988)                                 -
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    -                                                                                 (1986)                        061                                 -
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    -                                                                                   014                                                             -
23.0-                                                                                013                                                                -
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22.0-                                                                              012      (1)              059                                        -
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    -                                                                                                    058                                            -
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    -                                                                                                                       063                         -
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18.0-                                                                                                                                    097            -
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    -                                                                                                 057                               (8)             -
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    -                                                                        010                     017                                                -
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14.0-                                                                                                                           (7)                 100 -
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13.0-                                                                                         055                                                       -
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12.0- 101                                                              008                                                 093                          -
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    -                                                                                                                                     067           -
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 9.0-                                                           007               052                           090     022                             -
    -      102                                                                                                                                          -
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    -                                                                          051                          089            023                          -
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    -                                                                                               088                                                 -
 7.0-                                                      005                                                                                          -
    -            103                                                                                                                                069 -
    -                                                                   049                                                        025                  -
    -                                                                                       087                                                         -
    -                                                                048                                                              026               -
 6.0-                                                                                                                                                   -
    -   070                                                                                                                                             -
    -                 104                                        047                 086                                                  027           -
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    -                                                          046                                                                           028        -
 5.0- -------------------- 105 ----------------------------- 045  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
    -         071                                         044                                                                                    029    -
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    -   031                                         042                                                                                                 -
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      I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I
      0          30          60          90          120         150         180         210         240         270         300         330         360 
app.diam.
(arcsec.)
( Fig. 1 )

   No.  Date             Phenomenon                 Region                  CMO
   (1) 1986 Aug  03    local dust storm             Solis L                 014,015  
   (2) 1986 Aug  15    north polar cloud flowed out M Acidalium, Xanthe     015
   (3) 1986 Nov  08    local dust storm             Iagipia                 047(JBAA)
   (4) 1988 Jun  15    local dust storm             Noachis-Hesperia        054,055,057
   (5) 1998 Jun  18    darkend                      M Serpentis             055   
   (6) 1998 Nov  29    local dust storm ?           Thaumasia               065
   (7) 1990 Oct  02    local dust storm             Chryse                  094,112
   (8) 1990 Nov  02    local dust storm             Chryse,Xanthe,Aurorae S 103,105,112,124
   (9) 1990 Dec  04    local dust storm             Chryse                  124
The first graph treats the case of the apparitions in 1986, 1988 and 1990 and the second the ones in 1992 /93, 1994/95 and 1996/97. We further picked out a few of phenomena observed in the seasons and denoted them by (n) and each reference is given at the bottom of the graph. We hope these graphs may play a role as an index to easily find the appropriate issue of the CMO when we want to refer to happenings in any Martian season.

Areocentric logitudes ( Ls )
      0          30          60          90          120         150         180         210         240         270         300         330         360 
  "   I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I 
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    -                   (1994/95)       (1996/97)                                                                                                       -
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    -       127                                                                                                                                         -
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14.0-    126                            187 188                                                                                                         -
    -                   (13)156                                                                                                                         -
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    -            129     155  157            (18)                                                                                                       -
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13.0- (11)                                    189                                                                                                       -
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12.0-              (12)         158 185                                                                                                                 -
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    -               130            (17)          190                                                                                                    -
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    -                             (16)                                                                                                              124 -
11.0-               153                                                                                                                                 -
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    -                            184               191                                                                                                  -
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 9.0-                    131  183                                                                                                                       -
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    -      151                                               (19)                                                                                       -
    -                                      162                                                                                        121               -
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 7.0-                   182   132                              193                                                                                      -
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    - 150                                        163                                                                                                    -
 6.0-                                                                  194                                              119                             -
    -               181             133                                                                                                                 -
    -                                                                       195                                                                149      -
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 5.0- -(14)180 ------------------------- 134 --------------------------------------- 196 ------------------------------------------------- 148 -------- -
    -                                                       166                           197       117                                                 -
    -   179                                                        167                         198                                                      -
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      I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I---+---+---I  
      0          30          60          90          120         150         180         210         240         270         300         330         360 
app.diam.
(arcsec.)
( Fig. 2 )

  No.   Date               Phenomenon                  Region                  CMO
 (10)  1992 Oct  03      dust streak and darkened      Ganges                  122,123
 (11)  1992 Nov  23-     nph activity                  north of Gyndes         125
 (12)  1992 Feb  12      MORITA Phenomenon             Elysium                 130,131,140
 (13)  1994 Jan  26-     white cloud activity          Alba                    155,156,179
 (14)  1996 Sept 18      local dust strom (HST)        nph                     181
 (15)  1996 Oct  15      local dust strom (HST)        nph                     181
 (16)  1997 Feb  10-     activity of orographic cloud  Olympus Mons            185,188
 (17)  1997 Feb  12      morning side of npc shadwy    npc                     185
 (18)  1997 Apr  10-     very whitish bright           Hellas                  189 
 (19)  1997 Jun  27      local dust strom (HST)        Valles Marineris        193