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I like to think about how timekeeping on Mars will be managed as there's many possibilities on how to tackle them. For starters, a Martian day has an existing word, sol, and its duration is 24h 39m 35.244s in Earth time, or about 2.7491% longer than a day.
While you all figure out the ever important mars calendars along with GPS constellations and other important details, such as BX ( Before SpaceX ) or Anno Elon is more appropriate way to start...
Those living on Mars would want a sunlight oriented system for sols like we have on Earth. I think it's a bad idea to alter the second proportionately as some elsewhere have suggested. Although...
There are 25 timezones on Mars. For easier time conversions, each timezone is separated by 1 hour. Thus each timezone covers 14.5987 degrees instead of 15 degrees.
9 sie 2012 · NASA has produced a free Java application called Mars24 that provides the exact times for a number of places on the Red Planet, including the current location of Opportunity (a.k.a. MER, the...
I made a time keeping system on Mars based on the cycle of one of Mars' moons: Phobos. Basically it is based on when Phobos' orbit and Mars' rotation…
Timekeeping on Mars. (In red) Martian season lengths and time as compared to seasons on Earth (in blue), with marks for the vernal equinox, perihelion, and aphelion. Though no standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars.
