Passeport Cosmique

Why your age changes by planet

On Mercury you would be four times older, on Neptune a 165th of your age. A year means one orbit, and orbits differ.

A year is one orbit

Earth takes 365.25 days to circle the Sun. That is all a year is — not a cosmic standard.

Mercury’s year is 88 days

Being 30 on Mercury means being 7.2 in Earth years. Closer to the Sun means faster orbits.

Neptune’s year is 165 years

Your first Neptunian birthday would arrive at Earth-age 165. Since its discovery in 1846 it has barely completed one orbit.

On Venus a day is longer than a year

Venus rotates in 243 days but orbits in 225. The day outlasts the year.

Calculate your age on all eight planets
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