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A day on Mars is known as a “sol.” One Martian year takes 668 sols, which works out to 687 Earth days. That’s why the next red planet new year won’t happen until Sept. 30, 2026. While New Year’s Eve is around the corner here on Earth, Mars scientists are ahead of the game: The Red Planet completed a trip around the Sun on Nov. 12, 2024, prompting a few researchers to raise a toast. 12 November 2024 marks the start of a new year on Mars. At exactly 10:32 CET/09:32 UTC on Earth, the Red Planet begins a new orbit around our sun. This is the 38th Martian year. Mars celebrated its New Year on November 13, 2024, as the Red Planet takes 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun. NASA marked the occasion on social media, highlighting the difference in Martian and Earth years. Why would anyone pick November 12 as New Year’s Day for Mars? And why does our official reckoning of Martian time set the eons-old Red Planet only in its 38th year? On November 12, 2024, Mars embarked on its 38th year according to the Martian calendar. The Red Planet commenced a new orbit around the Sun, highlighting the fascinating differences between timekeeping on Earth and Mars. The last time it celebrated its new year was on Dec 26, 2022. NASA posted a message on the social media platform X from its NASA Mars handle, informing readers that Mars is ushering in its new year on Nov 13, 2024. It wrote, "Happy New Year on Mars!" 12 November 2024 marks the start of a new year on Mars. At exactly 10:32 CET/09:32 UTC on Earth, the Red Planet begins a new orbit around our Sun. This is the 38th martian year. It’s the year 2023 on Earth (by the Gregorian calendar). And it’s the year 37 on Mars (by a NASA calendar). Earth’s New year will start on the 1st of January, the new Martian year started on the 26th of December. How is that possible? 12 November 2024 marks the start of a new year on Mars. At exactly 10:32 CET/09:32 UTC on Earth, the Red Planet began a new orbit around our Sun. The Aquarius new moon, which is also the Lunar New Year, is a social night. Plus, eccentric planet Uranus ends its retrograde and goes direct on in the part of your chart that rules and affects After traveling about 780 days and more than 9.5 times the average distance of Earth from the sun, Mars has returned to blaze in our mid-latitude skies just in time for the New Year. The Aquarius new moon, which is also the Lunar New Year, is a social night. Plus, eccentric planet Uranus ends its retrograde and goes direct on in the part of your chart that rules and affects Feisty Mars is retrograde, in festive Leo no less, from December 6, 2024 to January 6, 2025. Some emotional regulation will be needed to sidestep drama and stay on your toes—our New Year’s horoscope tells you how! Mars scientists have recently marked a new year on the Red Planet, a milestone that occurs every 687 days. Because the Martian new year coincides with spring in the planet’s northern hemisphere, it’s a time of lots of activity — avalanches, exploding jets of gas, and more. MARS NEW YEAR Plans for Out-Of-This-World Festival NASA Contributes to the Event with a Passion for Mars Scheduled for June 9, 5-10 p.m. and June 10, 12-10 p.m., the Mars New Year Festival will take place in Downtown Mars, PA. The event features STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) educational activities for all ages, [] Listen to the NYE Party 2024 / 2025 | New Years Eve Party Hits playlist by Topsify Global on Apple Music. 119 Songs. Duration: 6 hours, 35 minutes. What’s your Martian New Year’s resolution? 🎉On 12 November 2024, Mars kicks off a fresh New Year! While Earth and Mars both orbit the Sun, a Martian year is You can find dates corresponding to northern vernal equinoxes for Mars years -184 to 100 in Piqueux et al. 2015, "Enumeration of Mars years and seasons since the beginning of telescopic exploration." Here are how some major events in Mars exploration shake out, according to this calendar: This year marks the second annual New Year's Eve Blast in Hackettstown. The celebration takes place in the heart of downtown from 8-12:30 a.m. More from News 12
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