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H-K_47 t1_j617ukc wrote

Reply to comment by VulpesIncendium in What time is it on the Moon? - Satellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep. by speckz

1 day on Mars is equal to 1 day and 37 minutes on Earth. In the Mars SciFi trilogy, they just used a standard 24 hour clock and the extra 37 minutes was just used as a spare break time.

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robit_lover t1_j61gl1v wrote

The problem is that if you wake up at the same time every morning, every day you're 37 minutes more out of sync with sunrise and sunset, which would be unacceptable when spacewalks are common.

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