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Old December 10th 18, 04:07 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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Default Lat/Long and timekeeping system for Mars

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:03:14 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
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.


Maybe better to keep them based on the colonists' menstrual

cycles...

Yes. Otherwise the colonists on Mars would have really short months.
Imagine three months per day! That's what you would get by letting
Phobos define the months...