Lat/Long and timekeeping system for Mars
On Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:35:27 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:
On Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:36:16 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
On Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:03:38 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:
A similar calendar on Jupiter would have to have about 300 months
of
about 30 days each. Perhaps we should refrain from trying to name
these months and just number them instead?
Or maybe use something like stardates. A year with as many decimal
places as make sense given the length of that year.
Are you suggesting that the day-night cycle should be ignored?
No. But you could eliminate months by simply having a fractional year
and a day count. That's akin to numbered months.
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