Mars Seasons Are How Long? Let's Know About It

Mars' Seasons Are How Long?

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The seasons on Mars last about twice as long as those on Earth.

For any planet, a year is the time it takes to make one orbit around the sun.

Because Mars is farther away from the sun, it has to travel a greatest distance around the sun. It takes Mars about twice as long as it does for Earth to make one circle around the sun. Therefore, a year on Mars lasts twice as long.

Various schemes have been used or proposed for timekeeping on the planet Mars independently of Earth time and calendars.

A Martian year is 668.6 sols(Martian solar days) long and a sol 88775.245 seconds long.

Mars has an axial tilt and a rotation period similar to those of Earth. Thus, its experiences seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter much like Earth, and its days is about the same length. Its year is almost twice as long as Earth's .