Opportunity's Temperature

[rogerinnh]

According to Space.com "the temperature of the core electronics module on Opportunity has risen from a dangerously low minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 37 Celsius) last week to minus 28.1 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 33.4 Celsius)."<br /><br />So the temperature ROSE from -25 to -28.1. Hmmm.<br /><br />Apparently the Fahrenheit scale goes in the opposite direction of the Celsius scale on Mars.

 

[qso1]

Or the article writer made a mistake? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[billslugg]

I think they meant -35 degrees not -25. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[silylene old]

We should all be using the absolute Kelvin scale. Then this wouldn't be an issue. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Geez, we can't even get the US to switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius.<br />Kelvin would cause the exterminiation of life on the continent <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[PistolPete]

Yeah, the average American would freak out if he looked at his thermostat and it read 295 degrees! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>