Timekeeping on other planets

[Ganelon]

So, I became interested in timekeeping. Specifically, timekeeping on the planet Mars.

When it comes to devising a day (or, a 'sol', as it is known on Mars) comfortable and familiar to humans, we have an easy task - a day on Mars is almost as large as an Earthen day, being longer by only approximately 35 minutes.

The issue lies in creating a calendar for the planet Mars.

To start off, the Martian year is significantly longer than the terrestrial year, being about 687 days long (686.96, to be exact). Some have attempted to address this issue by dividing the Martian year into a winter year and a summer year.

Others have tried to use a single year, dividing it into 28-day months (which leaves us with about 24-25 months). Now, I think learning 12 extra month names and adapting to them is extremely difficult for an adult human. Which is why I dislike this system of timekeeping.

A possible solution would be to divide the year into the 12 months we all know and love, but to lengthen each month by about 26 days. The problem with this solution is the fact that the Martian seasons aren't equal in length at all.

What do you think? Imagine you were a settler on Mars. Which system would you prefer?

[Arsonist]

In Eris (it's a planet in Solar System) you can't survive a single year, because year lasts longer, than your life.

[Ganelon]

Fuck, I meant to post this in General Discussion, sorry xD

[Marshmallow Marshall]

In Eris (it's a planet in Solar System) you can't survive a single year, because year lasts longer, than your life.

Eris is not a planet, but a mini-planet (it's not the scientific name but idk it because I'm not english)... and it's part of the Kuiper's Belt, so I'm not so sur eit's part of the Solar System. Would like to know more about this though.

[Arsonist]

Eris is not a planet, but a mini-planet (it's not the scientific name but idk it because I'm not english)... and it's part of the Kuiper's Belt, so I'm not so sur eit's part of the Solar System. Would like to know more about this though.

It's a planet, as Pluto. Are you dumb? Calling that planet "isn't too big for a planet" is the dumbies thing, that i ever heard.

HAS A GRAVITY = PLANET, THAT'S ALL.

[Marshmallow Marshall]

It's a planet, as Pluto. Are you dumb? Calling that planet "isn't too big for a planet" is the dumbies thing, that i ever heard.

HAS A GRAVITY = PLANET, THAT'S ALL.

[SuperJack]

Everything has gravity tho so are we all planets?

[yzb25]

I'm more curious as to what lead to this extremely specific interest. Sci-fi novels, perhaps?

[OzyWho]

Everything has gravity tho so are we all planets?

No. I think that means that you are made of approximately 1.23×10^29 + 2.3×10^28 planets.

[OzyWho]

@Magoroth
A months length is supposed to be something about a planets and it's moons relation, something about a moons orbital period or something like that, right? That's a problem since Mars has 2 moons.

You divide a year in however many days it takes to orbit around the sun and you count days yearly, not monthly.

Or you hope that the planet and it's moons get back to same position every x days and that the planets year can be divided by that x. Good luck with that though.

Btw. Really surprised that days on Mars last almost same length as on Earth. Maybe it would have life on it if it was just twice as big and rotated faster around the sun?

[OzyWho]

By my very logical logic posted above, I think it's possible for a month to be longer than a year, especially if the planet has more than 1 moon.

[Arsonist]

By my very logical logic posted above, I think it's possible for a month to be longer than a year, especially if the planet has more than 1 moon.

More than 1 moon... That's why Pluto IS a planet.

[Marshmallow Marshall]

More than 1 moon... That's why Pluto IS a planet.

Does Pluto has 1 moon though? Because it's NOOOOOOT a planet.

[Stealthbomber16]

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pl...sified-planet/

[Arsonist]

Does Pluto has 1 moon though? Because it's NOOOOOOT a planet.

It has 5 moons. Check by yourself, normie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Pluto

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pl...sified-planet/

Wtf, why you're giving links to website, that i can't load?

[Marshmallow Marshall]

It has 5 moons. Check by yourself, normie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Pluto



Wtf, why you're giving links to website, that i can't load?

o.o I thought it had 3 moons, Charon, Nix and *****. I guess wikipedia > me.

[Arsonist]

o.o I thought it had 3 moons, Charon, Nix and *****. I guess wikipedia > me.

Stop censoring word "Hуdrа".

[Archon]

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[Arsonist]

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wut lol

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Stop censoring word "Hуdrа".

Wait wtf, I typed *****. Maybe it's linked with the term "***** Account"?

[Marshmallow Marshall]

...Hydralisk? But not zerg.

[Arsonist]

Wait wtf, I typed *****. Maybe it's linked with the term "***** Account"?

I already made a thread to discuss that.

https://www.sc2mafia.com/forum/showthread.php/42588-Hdra

[Ash]

Eris is not a planet, but a mini-planet (it's not the scientific name but idk it because I'm not english)... and it's part of the Kuiper's Belt, so I'm not so sur eit's part of the Solar System. Would like to know more about this though.

You mean Eris is a dwarf planet. Dwarf planets are still planets regardless.

[Marshmallow Marshall]

You mean Eris is a dwarf planet. Dwarf planets are still planets regardless.

Wait, the English term is really dwarf planet?

[OzyWho]

Dwarf planets are still planets regardless.

Disagree. Both have their own definition and criteria.
If we call 2 objects with different titles, different definitions and different criteria the same - then why classify anything at all?

Question: are Planets also Dwarf Planets or are only Dwarf Planets Planets?

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But in all seriousness. It's just that your own personal definition, of what you understand of the word "Planet", can be applied to both - Planets and Dwarf Planets, and that's why they're the same to you. Realize that your own, either understanding or definition, is not the official one.

[WorldOfGenis]

I don't believe in terms that say a certain object is a certain object, because the term "planet" is something we came up with to name the large balls of mass that could possibly support life. So who is to say if Pluto is a planet?? THE TERM. Planet:a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star. Pluto is indeed a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star, our sun. Anything that has a gravitational pull however is not a planet. Because we all have a gravitational pull, but we cannot feel it because Earth's gravity is stronger than ours, (and with good reason). However, "time/date" is also an illusion that we humans have created, to keep up with "time". So I think it would be fairly simple to create a time chart on another planet, it will be fairly different than ours because ours defines the seasons that follow each month. -- My opinion

[Ganelon]

I don't believe in terms that say a certain object is a certain object, because the term "planet" is something we came up with to name the large balls of mass that could possibly support life. So who is to say if Pluto is a planet?? THE TERM. Planet:a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star. Pluto is indeed a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star, our sun. Anything that has a gravitational pull however is not a planet. Because we all have a gravitational pull, but we cannot feel it because Earth's gravity is stronger than ours, (and with good reason). However, "time/date" is also an illusion that we humans have created, to keep up with "time". So I think it would be fairly simple to create a time chart on another planet, it will be fairly different than ours because ours defines the seasons that follow each month. -- My opinion

So you don't believe in terminology because you don't like terminology? What's this got to do with outer space or with the definition of a planet?

[WorldOfGenis]

So you don't believe in terminology because you don't like terminology? What's this got to do with outer space or with the definition of a planet?

I didn't say I don't like, or believe in it. I am saying that the terminologies that we know, mean nothing because we came up with them. The term "Planet" is defined by humans. Which means if anything goes by that definition then it is, in fact a planet.

[Ganelon]

I had to check; the general term for an astronomical body large enough to be rounded under its own gravity but not larger enough to undergo fusion is 'planetary body'.