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Ellipse data for MER-A and MER-B

As of Jan 9, 2001

MER – A

Latitude Ellipse Length Ellipse Orientation
degrees major axis, km orientation of major axis, deg.
219 88
0   186 83
-5  150 79
-10  114 73
-15  77 66

MER – B

Latitude Ellipse Length Ellipse Orientation
degrees major axis, km orientation of major axis, deg.
10  338 99
5 286 95
0 234 91
-5 182 86
-10 130 79

Engineering Constraints And Landing Site Selection

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