
This was confined in an interview with James Cameron in 2009.
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A xat is 2 minutes, 57 seconds long, and a tal is. Burroughs never mentioned if the teean's have specific names like on Earth, or where the leap day would go.Ī Padan lasts 10 zodes, each zode is 50 xats, and each xat is 200 tal.Ī zode is 2 hours, 27 minutes and 42 seconds long in Earth time. 54,904 Ratings 3,906 Reviews published 1912 3238 editions A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrillin Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3. So an ord (year) is ten teean's long, and each teean is 67 days. Barsoomians further break down their 'year' thusly:Ī Barsoomian Month is called a Teean, and is 67 days long. Even Barsoomians have to have a leap year every four years. The Barsoom Series Burroughs began writing the Barsoom. Now, with a Barsoomian day being 1.025 Earth days long, and a Barsoomian year being 1.88 Earth years long, this translates out to:Ī Barsoomian Year is 670.25 Barsoomian days long. It has informed and been adapted by many writers, in novels, short stories, television and film. A Barsoomian year is 687 Earth days long, roughly 1.88 Earth years. To best understand time measurement on Barsoom, when being explained to an Earthman, it is best to put it in terms understandable to Earth time first.Ī Barsoomian day is 24 hours, 36 minutes long to an Earthman, roughly 1.025 Earth days.

What happens is that any mass approaching the satellites will change in size and mass as to be proportioned the same as they are on Barsoom to the satellite they are now on. It was first suggested by an obscure scientist thousands of years ago, and later it was proven. There exists a peculiar relationship between Barsoom and its satellites, that does not exist between any other planet and its satellites in the solar system.
