Mars in a Minute: How Long is a Year on Mars?

[Doriandotslash]

The question should be "What is the orbital period of Mars?" This is the simplest to answer because you don't have to be concerned with Martian time, or Earth time, etc. This is because the orbital periods will always be denoted in Earth hours, Earth days, Earth months, Earth years and so on.

[meepster]

It's kinda neat a day is very close to a day on Earth (40 min difference), what causes such a close rotational speed?

[mustafahussain]

What do I have to do to get a job at NASA? This stuff is cool.

[johnlodge]

687 days in a martian year that is 6 weeks short of two earth years. 688 is the martian leap year. A martian day is close to an earth day only a half hour difference. Not sure how they work out a martian month. In a martian year there something like 23 months. Not sure whether a martian month should be 6 weeks or 42 earth days. Nobody mentions it. I am 29 years old by Martian standards I would like to make it in my chosen profession by the time I'm 30.

[luigiaromano]

This channel is amazing I'm Italian and I don't underatand why this video has a few of like!

[TheJaymanShow]

What are the names of the extra months then?

[journeyofsouls]

How much 1 y for earth (day-mont-hr-sc)
NASA claimed
365-5-59-16 (nasa)
Or
365-5-48-46 (grc nasa)

[damiangorczynski]

ok but its earths days... how many mars' days are in its year?

[Lankanaresh]

4 revolution around sun is one year or the one complete revolution around sun is one earth year

[HolgerIsenberg]

Is that a cultural thing or why isn't the year length counted in Martian Days?

[hpb]

And the dish ran away with the spoon..

[horacesfamily]

if our earth was closer to mars or the same speed as mars can you can reach mars easily!

[AnimalsAndReports]

maybe that's why Mars never had a chance for life to form

[ReaperCheGuevara]

I know this doesn't really have to do with the video necessarily but I don't understand why we would want to go to Mars and go to other planets oceans when we've barely even touched our own ocean which is a world of its own? I think we'd want to focus more on our planet then journey to Mars and build bases there.