Do Aliens Celebrate New Year's Eve?
A lot of planets have been discovered by Earth Scientists over the past couple decades, which could host life, as we know it. They tend to be named by scientific designations like Proxima Centauri b or Kepler 186f. We do not know for sure if any of these in particular actually contain bipedal creatures capable of building cities and spaceships. But we do know, with 100% assurance that indeed, there is life out there, somewhere. So for the sake of today's journey into the minds of our alien visitors, let us make up a few sample planets (typical of those which may harbor life) and think about what it might be like there.
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| There is Life Out There |
On Earth we do not celebrate six month increments, nor do we celebrate bi-annuals. We do not celebrate weeks or months. A year is special because we have made a full revolution around the sun. But if it were shorter or longer than 365 ED, would we still be inclined to celebrate it? What if, the same two neighboring solar systems each had another Earth-like planet? In the first solar system, not only was a year on planet ShortShort half as long as an Earth Year but also a day on ShortShort was half as long. There, an 85 year old on Earth would be 340 years old. Over in the other solar system, planet LongLong has a 48 hour day and takes 730 days to get around the sun. There, you would only live to about 21 - again, it is still the same number of Earth days and years, just dispersed differently. Would we celebrate trips around the sun then? And at what intervals?
How Long do Aliens Live
Hold on to your space helmets, Earthlings, because here is where it gets mind-boggling (I am assuming the reader has kept up, so far.) Say that, since both solar systems are a billion years older than ours, people out there have evolved (whether through Natural Selection, good diets and exercise, or bio-engineering) to live ten times longer than humans do.
It is fun to ponder. Perhaps, if days and years were shorter and we lived longer we would place more emphasis on decades or even centuries. Maybe each decade would have a name, just like months have names but weeks and years on Earth do not.
My conclusion is that no matter how long the days and years on a planet are and no matter how long you live, a trip around the sun is something special. Aliens from other planets would indeed celebrate New Year's.
I will paste my math below. Happy New Year!
Time Perception
| Planet | Life-Earth | Life-Local | Day Earth | Year Earth |
| Earth | 85.00 | 85.00 | 24.00 | 365.25 |
| ShortYear | 85.00 | 170.00 | 24.00 | 182.63 |
| LongYear | 85.00 | 42.50 | 24.00 | 730.50 |
| ShortDay | 85.00 | 170.00 | 12.00 | 365.25 |
| LongDay | 85.00 | 42.50 | 48.00 | 365.25 |
| ShortShort | 85.00 | 340.00 | 12.00 | 182.63 |
| LongLong | 85.00 | 21.25 | 48.00 | 730.50 |
| ShortYear | 42.50 | 340.00 | 24.00 | 182.63 |
| LongYear | 42.50 | 85.00 | 24.00 | 730.50 |
| ShortDay | 42.50 | 340.00 | 12.00 | 365.25 |
| LongDay | 42.50 | 85.00 | 48.00 | 365.25 |
| ShortShort | 42.50 | 680.00 | 12.00 | 182.63 |
| LongLong | 42.50 | 42.50 | 48.00 | 730.50 |
| ShortYear | 850.00 | 1700.00 | 24.00 | 182.63 |
| LongYear | 850.00 | 425.00 | 24.00 | 730.50 |
| ShortDay | 850.00 | 1700.00 | 12.00 | 365.25 |
| LongDay | 850.00 | 425.00 | 48.00 | 365.25 |
| ShortShort | 850.00 | 3400.00 | 12.00 | 182.63 |
| LongLong | 850.00 | 212.50 | 48.00 | 730.50 |
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