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How old is a 5-year-old on Mars?

About 2.66 Mars years old

On Earth we count years by Earth's orbit (about 365 days).Mars takes 686.98 Earth days per orbit, so someone who has lived 5 Earth years has completed fewer full orbits — hence a different "age."

A Mars day is only 40 minutes longer than Earth's - but you'll wait 6 months for summer to arrive!