Convert one sol to days

Explanation

To convert one sol to days all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

The result is that there are approximately 1.0275 days in 1 sol.

Formula

1 sol ≈ 1.0275 d

sols

dimension	time

The sol is a solar day on Mars. It was adopted by NASA in 1976 during the Viking Lander missions for timekeeping on Mars.

One sol is slightly longer than an Earth day and the martian year is aproximately 688 sols.

Definition of the sol

One sol is 24.6597 hours.

Note: The values used in this converter are borrowed from the Planetary Fact Sheets.

Value in terms of the SI

One sol is equivalent to 88774.92 seconds.

daysd

dimension	time
symbol	d

The day (d) is a common unit of measurement of time. It is accepted for use with the SI.

One day can be divided into 24 hours of 3600 seconds each and 365 days make a year.

Definition of the day

One day is equal to 86400 seconds.

The International System of Units 9^th edition p. 145

Equivalences

One day is equivalent to:

Some Facts

The longest period of sleep deprivation scientifically documented is 11 days. That is not something you want to try though, like other animals, humans need regular sleep for their brain to function correctly. The symptoms of a lack of sleep can be light at first. They include moodiness, irritability and a shorter attention span. But after days of sleep deprivation the patient can suffer from hallucinations, paranoia and even die. So turn off netflix, it's not worth it.

Common time units

second	s
minute	min	60 seconds
hour	h	60 minutes
day	d	24 hours
week	w	7 days
year	y	365 days

A sexagesimal system

Hours, minutes and seconds are an example of a sexagesimal or base 60 numeral system.

The number 60 is a superior highly composite number, meaning it has a lot of factors. This allows for some simplification when dividing.

Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, the hour can be divided evenly in eleven different ways (with sections of 30, 20, 15, 12, 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and of course 1 minute).

Coming up with and remembering 60 different symbols would be cumbersome, that is why we write the sexagesimal digit using the decimal system.