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Viking 2 Lander

Companion Viking lander that explored Utopia Planitia and monitored a second Martian winter.

Landing site Position basis, the same label the app shows on the selection card.

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One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.

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Position Catalog

Landing site

Viking 2 Lander is fixed at its landing coordinates on mars (latitude 47.967°, longitude 134.263°). It moves with the body's rotation and does not roam.

SourcePublished landing coordinates
Epochfrom 1976-09-03
LimitRover traverses are not modelled, and the catalog does not record the reference for these coordinates.
Physical data Undocumented

Bulk properties

Viking 2 Lander: mass 5.760 × 10^2 kg. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.

SourceBundled object record
LimitThe object catalog does not record where these values came from; treat them as unverified until the record is completed.
Appearance Reconstructed

Close-up hull model

The close-up shows a published 3D model scaled to 3 m deployed lander width. Distributed through NASA 3D Resources; original mission-agency credit applies.

SourceNASA 3D Resources · record viking-2
MethodSpace Time normalises the source model to the published deployed dimension.
LimitSource-asset presentation pose; time-dependent flight attitude is not modeled.
Description Undocumented

Description and facts

The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.

SourceSpace Time editorial text
LimitBackground reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

What is not measured

  • Appearance: a reconstruction from measurements, not a direct observation. Close-up hull model. Source-asset presentation pose; time-dependent flight attitude is not modeled.

Not yet documented

  • Physical data: The object catalog does not record where these values came from; treat them as unverified until the record is completed.
  • Description: Background reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

Sources cited

  • Published landing coordinates
  • Bundled object record
  • NASA 3D Resources
  • Space Time editorial text

Further reading

Wikipedia: Viking 2 Lander (background only; not the source of the displayed numbers)

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