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From: daver@sci.UUCP (Dave Rickel)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Martian calendar
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 18:23:30 EST
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Does anyone have accurate values for the length of a Martian Solar Day and the
length of the Martian Sidereal Year?  My Handbook of Chemistry and Physics says
88775.3 and 59,355,300 seconds, respectively.  It seems that we should have
better values for both of these after the Viking probes and all.

Is there any concept of a Martian Tropical year?


david rickel