Latitude varies from â90Â° to 90Â°. The latitude of the Equator is 0Â°; the latitude of the South Pole is â90Â°; the latitude of the North Pole is 90Â°. Positive latitude values correspond to the geographic locations north of the Equator (abbrev.
If youâre on Mars, or at least work by a Mars clock, you have to figure out how to put up with the exhausting challenge of those extra 40 minutes. To be exact, the Martian day is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds long, a length of day that doesnât coincide with the human bodyâs natural rhythms. Scientists, Mars rover drivers, and everyone else in the space community call the Martian day a âsolâ to differentiate it from an Earth day.
Martian days (one rotation) are slightly longer than Earth's, lasting about 24.66 Earth hours. As it orbits further from the Sun, its year (one revolution around the Sun) â¦ takes about 687 Earth days. So the Martian year consists of 668.6 Martian days. A Martian day is 39.5 minutes longer than an Earth day. But Mars' circumference is just over half of Earth's, so its spin velocity is also about half, just 868 km/hr compared to Earth's 1674 km/hr at the Equator.