THE DARIAN SYSTEM

Copyright © 1986-2005 by Thomas Gangale

FIGURES AND TABLES

DATE CONVERTERS AND CLOCKS

Darian Date Converter

Seven-Planet Darian Clock

FIGURES

Figure 1-1: Length of Terrestrial and Martian Days

Figure 1-2: Length of Terrestrial and Martian Years

Figure 1-3: Cumulative Error of the Darian Calendar

Figure 1-4: The Darian Months

Figure 1-5: Names of the Days of the Week

Figure 1-6: Gregorian Calendar Display, UTC and AMT, September 2005

Figure 1-7: Darian Calendar Display, Spirit and Pacific Time, Aquarius 210

Figure A1-1: Precision of the Darian Calendar in the 3rd Century

Figure A1-2: Precision of a Five-Year Intercalation Cycle in the 3rd Century

Figure A1-3: Precision of the Gregorian Calendar in the 21st Century

Figure A1-4: Precision of the Darian Calendar, Years 0 to 500

Figure A1-5: Precision of a Five-Year Intercalation Cycle, Years 0 to 500

Figure A1-6: Precision of the Gregorian Calendar, Years 1900 to 2400

Figure A2-1: Variation in the Vernal Equinox Year, Years 141 to 275

Figure A2-2: Variation in the Summer Solstice Year, Years 141 to 275

Figure A2-3: Variation in the Autumnal Equinox Year, Years 141 to 275

Figure A2-4: Variation in the Winter Solstice Year, Years 141 to 275

Figure A2-5: Variation in the Anomalistic Year vs. Vernal Equinox Year, Years 141 to 275

Figure A3-1: The Equations of Time for Earth and Mars

Figure A3-2: The Analemmas of Earth and Mars

Figure A3-3: Variation in Times of Sunrise and Sunset, 24.936 Degrees Latitude, Mars

Figure A3-4: Variation in Times of Sunrise and Sunset, 40 Degrees Latitude, Mars

Figure A3-5: Variation in Times of Sunrise and Sunset, 30 Degrees Latitude, Earth

Figure A3-6: Variation in Times of Sunrise and Sunset, 40 Degrees Latitude, Earth

Figure 2-1: Circads

Figure 2-2: Cumulative Intercalation Error for Io

Figure 2-3: Cumulative Intercalation Error for Europa

Figure 2-4: Cumulative Intercalation Error for Ganymede

Figure 2-5: Cumulative Intercalation Error for Callisto

Figure 3-1: Cumulative Error for Eight-Circad Intercalation

Figure 3-2: Cumulative Error for 16-Circad Intercalation

TABLES

Table 1-1: Extended Intercalation Formula Series

Table 1-2: The Stretched Gregorian Calendar

Table 1-3: The Martian Seasons

Table 1-4: Annual Astronomical Events (Nominal Dates)

Table 1-5: Vernal Equinoxes of Mars

Table 1-6: Summer Solstices of Mars

Table 1-7: Autumnal Equinoxes of Mars

Table 1-8: Winter Solstices of Mars

Table 1-9: Perihelions of Mars

Table 1-10: Oppositions of Mars

Table 1-11: Conjunctions of Mars

Table 1-12: The Darian Calendar

Table 1-13: The Martiana Calendar

Table 2-1: Periods of Candidate Worlds (in Terrestrial Solar days)

Table 2-2: Circads of the Galileans

Table 2-3: Days of the Week

Table 2-4: Dividing the Galilean Years (Earth-based)

Table 2-5: Months of the Year (Gregorian-based)

Table 2-6: The Gregorian-based Galilean Calendars (perpetual)

Table 2-7: Ten-Year Intercalation Sequence (Gregorian-based)

Table 2-8: Extended Intercalation Scheme (Gregorian-based)

Table 2-9: Inferior Solar Conjunctions of Galileans at 2002 January 01 Jupiter Opposition (all times UTC)

Table 2-10: Dividing the Galilean Years (Mars-based)

Table 2-11: Months of the Year (Darian-based)

Table 2-12: The Darian Calendar for Io

Table 2-13: The Darian Calendar for Europa

Table 2-14: The Darian Calendar for Ganymede

Table 2-15: The Darian Calendar for Callisto

Table 2-16: Ten-Year Intercalation Sequence (Darian-based)

Table 2-17: Extended Intercalation Scheme (Darian-based)

Table 2-18: Inferior Solar Conjunctions of Galileans at 1609 March 12 Martian Vernal Equinox

Table 3-1: Integral-Week Months and Bisected-Week Months Compared

Table 3-2: The Darian Calendar for Titan

Table 3-3: Solar Cycle Phasing in the Eight-Circad System

Table 3-4: Solar Cycle Phasing in the 16-Circad System