2. Synonyms acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win.
The sidereal day and the solar day. A sidereal day on Mars is the length of time that it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis. A sidereal day on Mars lasts 24 hours 37 minutes and 22 seconds. The solar day is how long it takes the Sun to return to the meridian. This position changes slightly each day, but a solar day on Mars lasts 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds. Length of a day on Mars.
Since the Mars year equals approximately 687 Earth days and a Martian day equals approximately 24.62 earth hours (and, the Earth day equals 24 hours), the math is simple: 687 * 24 / 24.62 = 669.699 ~ 669.7. The Martian year is 669.7 Martian days long. It takes Mars 686.98 days to orbit the Sun. A Mars day is 24.7 hours.