The data indicates Mars is spinning faster by about four milliarcseconds per year², leading to a slight yearly decrease in the length of a Martian day.
The latest results were derived from the radio science instrument called the Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment , comprising a radio transponder and antennas.
Scientists would send a radio signal to the lander through DSN, and RISE would then relay radio signals back to Earth.They precisely observe the slightest frequency variations resulting from the By detecting this tiny shift, scientists could ascertain the changes in the planet’s rotational speed.
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