English

Noun

tosol ‎(plural not attested)

1. The current sol (Martian day).
   • 2001, Mary Turzillo, "Mars is No Place for Children", in Nebula Awards Showcase 2001: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (ed. Robert Silverberg), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2001), ISBN 9780151005819, page 75:

     Tosol is the beginning of the week, and tourists will start pouring in from all over Mars and maybe even very rich people from Earth.

   • 2012, William J. Clancey, Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers, The MIT Press (2012), ISBN 9780262017756, page 128:

     This self-awareness is not merely an ability to recite and logically combine facts (“I am a robot on Mars; here is tosol's plan”), […]

   • 2013, Dave Lane, Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" Vol 3 2007-2008, Lulu.com (2013), ISBN 9781291299038, unnumbered page:

     Tosol was the day Opportunity shook the miniature thermal emission spectrometer in an effort to remove dust from one of its mirrors.

See also

• yestersol