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by Laremere
1922 days ago
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You can see the map of where it landed and it's path moving here: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/where-is-the-rover/ The yellow oval is the target landing zone, though it looks like it's a bit too tall on this map compared to other sources. You can see it's landing targets within the oval here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/jezeros-hazard-map So it looks like it landed a little over 1km from the center of the oval, if that's your question. When precisely talking about space travel, things tend to be discussed as "nominal" instead of being on target or correct. This is because some variance is expected, and systems are designed to work successfully within that variance. In that sense, Perseverance landed within the landing oval and on a safe landing spot, so it was 0 meters away from target. An analogy would be it hit the bullseye and got the points, even it if it wasn't exactly in the middle of the dart board. |
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