HOWTO: Mars24 - Time on Mars

Want to know time on Mars?

Mars24 is a Java program and browser applet which displays a Mars "sunclock", a graphical representation of Mars showing the current sun- and nightsides of Mars, along with a numerical readout of the time in 24-hour format. It requires Java 1.3.1 or better be installed on the computer.

For more information, visit http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/

1) Download Mars24J.tar.gz from following URL: 

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/download.html 


2) Extract it.

[tchung@localhost tchung]$ cd ~/download
[tchung@localhost download]$ ls
Mars24J.tar.gz
[tchung@localhost download]$ tar zxvf Mars24J.tar.gz
Mars24J/
Mars24J/both-mer.m24
Mars24J/help/
Mars24J/help/guide.html
Mars24J/help/help.css
Mars24J/help/notes.html
Mars24J/Mars24.jar
Mars24J/marslandmarks.xml
Mars24J/marsmap.jpg
Mars24J/opportunity.m24
Mars24J/README.txt
Mars24J/spirit.m24


3) Run it.

[tchung@localhost download]$ ls
Mars24J  Mars24J.tar.gz
[tchung@localhost download]$ cd Mars24J
[tchung@localhost Mars24J]$ ls
both-mer.m24  Mars24.jar         marsmap.jpg      README.txt
help          marslandmarks.xml  opportunity.m24  spirit.m24
[tchung@localhost Mars24J]$ java -jar Mars24.jar


Here comes the screenshot: mars24.png

Enjoy!