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Old December 10th 18, 07:25 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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Default Lat/Long and timekeeping system for Mars

On Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:15:36 -0700, Chris L Peterson
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.


The months on Jupiter would have to be short anyway, from 2 to 16
Earth days, depending on which of the four big moons you'd like to
sync it with.