Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2026 June 27
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                        Mars Marathon by Perseverance
        Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]LPL (U. Arizona), [5]MRO, [6]HiRISE

   Explanation: [7]In this recent HiRISE view from the Mars Reconnaissance
   Orbiter, the little green dot indicated on the surface of the big Red
   Planet is the [8]Perseverance Mars rover. Recorded on June 13, the
   car-sized, six-wheeled robot was imaged a day before completing a
   Martian marathon, traveling a total distance of 26.218 miles ([9]42.195
   kilometers) since it began exploring the surface of Mars. That
   equivalent marathon distance was achieved by Perseverance on its
   mission sol (Martian day) 1,890, after about 5 Earth years and 4 Earth
   months of driving. Perseverance is continuing [10]to hunt for
   biosignatures. In the HiRISE image, the Mars rover's tracks can be seen
   leading to [11]its location in an area west of its [12]landing site in
   Jezero crater near an [13]ancient river delta.

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      Authors & editors: [25]Robert Nemiroff ([26]MTU) & Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([27]UMCP)
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                         [35]NASA Science Activation
                           & [36]Michigan Tech. U.

References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/PIA26726.jpg
   3. https://www.nasa.gov/
   4. https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/
   5. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter/
   6. https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/
   7. https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-hirise-captures-perseverance-marking-a-milestone-on-mars/
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon#IAAF_and_world_records
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250928.html
  11. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210227.htm
  13. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/perseverance-explores-the-jezero-crater-delta/
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260626.html
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  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
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  18. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  20. https://apod.com/feed.rss
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  23. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=260627
  24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260628.html
  25. https://www.mtu.edu/physics/department/faculty/nemiroff/
  26. https://www.mtu.edu/physics
  27. https://www.astro.umd.edu/
  28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  29. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  30. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  31. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
  32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  35. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  36. http://www.mtu.edu/