Nezhul
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So there are 2 habitable planets in the solar system X, and I took numbers from our solar system for example sake.
So in our solar system, approximately:
earth year is 365 earth days,
and Mars year is 687 earth days (or 668 mars days because they are longer).
So say if a person comes from earth to Mars, and that person is 22 years old (on earth) - then he would at the same time be only 11-12 MARS years old.
My question is - is it acceptable to refer/convert the age like that?
For example a dialogue:
"How old are you?"
"22"
"That'd be... let me think. 12 on Mars. You are almost twice as young as me."
(All the above implying that sex will happen between the two).
I wonder what you think about that.
What do you think if we go reverse - a person saying he's 12, but that's equal to being adult because the years are longer. And the other person converts it to 22.
p.s. note that it's totally fine for me to leave this out. I was just thinking of possible lines of dialogue and found this problem - a planet further away from sun will have longer years.
So in our solar system, approximately:
earth year is 365 earth days,
and Mars year is 687 earth days (or 668 mars days because they are longer).
So say if a person comes from earth to Mars, and that person is 22 years old (on earth) - then he would at the same time be only 11-12 MARS years old.
My question is - is it acceptable to refer/convert the age like that?
For example a dialogue:
"How old are you?"
"22"
"That'd be... let me think. 12 on Mars. You are almost twice as young as me."
(All the above implying that sex will happen between the two).
I wonder what you think about that.
What do you think if we go reverse - a person saying he's 12, but that's equal to being adult because the years are longer. And the other person converts it to 22.
p.s. note that it's totally fine for me to leave this out. I was just thinking of possible lines of dialogue and found this problem - a planet further away from sun will have longer years.
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