Acknowledgments

Mars24 is primarily based on algorithms published in:

• Allison, M. 1997. Accurate analytic representations of solar time and seasons on Mars with applications to the Pathfinder/Surveyor missions. Geophys. Res. Lett. 24, 1967-1970.
• Allison, M., and M. McEwen 2000 A post-Pathfinder evaluation of aerocentric solar coordinates with improved timing recipes for Mars seasonal/diurnal climate studies. Planet. Space Sci. 48, 215-235.

However, some updates and adjustments were made based on:

• Allison, M. 2003. Personal communication.
• Roncoli, R., B. Strauss, and D. Highsmith 2002. Mars Exploration Rover Project planetary constants and models - Version 2. Interoffice Memorandum IOM 312.F-02-003. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Seidelmann, P.K., V K. Abalaki, M. Burs, M E. Davies; C. de Bergh, J.H. Lieske, J. Oberst, J.L. Simon, E.M. Standish, P. Stooke, and P.C. Thomas 2002. Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements of the planets and satellites: 2000. Celest. Mech. Dynam. Astron. 82, 83-110, doi:10.1023/A:1013939327465. (Also cf., Corrigendum, 2002. Celest. Mech. Dynam. Astron. 84, 429, doi:10.1023/A:1021101631766.)

We thank members of the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Exploration Rover Projects at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for their encouragement over many years on behalf of the development of our solar timing algorithms and Mars24 sunclock.

The base map image used by Mars24 in its sunclock is derived from an image created by the Mars Global Surveyor MOLA and MOC teams for the National Geographic Society. See the MOLA webpage at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Mars24 includes software developed by the JDOM Project and which is copyright 2000-2003 Jason Hunter and Brett McLaughlin. For more information about JDOM, including source code and conditions of use, please see the JDOM homepage.

Mars24 includes software developed as part of the GNUJAXP project, including the AElfred2 parser. For more information about GNUJAXP, including source code and conditions of use, please see the GNUJAXP homepage.

Mars24 uses QuantizeFilter by Jerry Huxtable. For more information, please see the JH Labs website.