Bibliographic Entry Result
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Mars Exploration Rover Landings Press Kit [pdf]. NASA. January 2004. "Near-surface atmospheric temperature at landing site: −100 C (−148 F) to 0 C (32 F)" −100 to 0 °C
Tillman, James E.; N.C. Johnson; and G.F. LeCompte. Mars Pathfinder Temperature Data: Entire MPF Mission. University of Washington. [large data table spanning 78 sols (martian days) with readings taken at three different heights above the surface: 1 m, 0.5 m, and 0.25 m] −80 to 0 °C
(range)
−43 °C
(mean)
Tillman, James E.; N.C. Johnson; and G.F. LeCompte. Mars Viking Lander 1 Temperature Data: Entire MPF Mission. University of Washington. [large data table spanning 78 sols (martian days) with readings taken at 1.6 m] −91 to −17 °C
(range)
−59 °C
(mean)
[Mars] Lower Atmosphere. Windows to the Universe. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). 1998. "Surface temperatures range from −113 °C at the winter pole to 0 °C on the dayside during summer." −113 to 0 °C

Editor's Supplement -- 2004