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Orbital period is in Earth days. The same as when we say the orbital period of Venus is 225 days even though a Venetian day is longer than that. It'd be pretty
by zamadatix 3y ago
Orbital period is in Earth days. The same as when we say the orbital period of Venus is 225 days even though a Venetian day is longer than that.
It'd be pretty messy to instead define things in the database in object relative terms, particularly when you usually know things like the orbital period with significantly more accuracy than rotational velocity.
- samstave 3y agoWell yeah, Venus is in our solar system. Thanks, though - I wasn’t sure if we always use a local reference but then au is as local a unit as possible at these scales.