Timeline for I'm stranded on an alien planet. How do I measure an earth year without a clock?
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| Sep 24, 2015 at 18:18 | comment | added | PearsonArtPhoto | Fair point on the variable gravity... That really does make things difficult... | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 18:06 | comment | added | Victor Stafusa | Your walking speed and your jogging speed would depend on gravity and atmosphere pressure and composition, so those two won't work, and they will likely compromise the time took to walk a mile. Also, measuring a mile or any large distance might be cumbersome (but is doable anyway), specially if the place is (unlucky) something swampy, full of obstacles (like trees, big rocks and high grass) or montainous, which is something that will also affect whatever is your walking speed. | |
| Sep 24, 2015 at 17:41 | history | answered | PearsonArtPhoto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |