Planet Age: yet another one-day project

Some days ago, a friend of mine came up with a random question:

Do you know how old you are on Mars?

“Well” — I said — “I’m twenty, so I guess I’m going to be the same on Mars”. He replied that I was wrong and that on Mars I’m about ten years old. I was intrigued by his response, so I did some researches and found out that he was actually right.

So, the big question is: why?

Our age is the period of our life, measured by years, months and days, from the day of our birth. As you might already know, a day represents the average length of the period during which the Earth makes one rotation on its axis, while a year represents the time required for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun. Each celestial object has a different rotation and revolution time though, so our age is actually different on each of them. To prove how much the time can be relative, I decided to create a simple web application that shows you how old you are on each renowned celestial object.

You can find the web app on the projects section of my portfolio (or at this link if you’re lazy).

Just for reference, here is the table with the rotation and revolution times used on the web app:

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