Local Mars Time vs. Earth Time

From: dlgsam@LanMinds.Com (David G. & Sandra A.M.)
Subject: Local Mars Time vs. Earth Time
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 20:13:11 +0100

Hi, my name is David Glaser.  I'm a middle school science teacher in
Berkeley California.  Although I vaguely remember seeing the Apollo
astronauts on TV, my earliest memory of being a space enthusiast is from
1974, when I went to a local science museum to see the first pictures of
Jupiter sent back by Pioneer Jupiter.  Obviously, a lot has changed
technologically, since this time around I can get pictures downloaded into
my home.

I'm still wondering about how time is measured on Mars by planetary
scientists, for my own curiosity, and because I want my students to keep
track of the days on Mars.  As far as I can figure it, there are two
possibilities:

1. That the same units of time are used, but 37 minutes are added at the
end of each sol, making the Martian day end at 24:37.

2. Creating new units of time which are proportionally longer so that the
Martian day ends at 24:00, just like on earth.

My guess is that option #1 is used, but I haven't found any direct mention
of that.