QSS Measurement Standards, Part 7: Serees Measures

While the Standards Convention of Gom established a common system of measures, none of the participants were bound to use these standards locally — though most did to varying degrees. Serees chose to adopt the standards, but maintained those that related directly to their planetary system.

Numbers

Basis: Base-8 (octal)

Time

The computation of years is complicated by the orbital dynamics of the Serees/Bailera pair. Every 201.5₁₀ Serees years, the planets change orbits, and due to this, the number of days in a sidereal year.

The mean sidereal year is used as a standard for conversion. This period is 263.31₁₀ Days_Serees long (approximately 380₁₀ Days_Earth).

Days on Serees are divided into 10₈ hours (8₁₀) of 100₈ minutes (64₁₀) and 100₈ seconds (64₁₀). One Hour_Serees equals about 4.33₁₀ Hour_Earth. One Minute_Serees equals about 4.06₁₀ Minutes_Earth. One Second_Serees equals about 3.8₁₀ Seconds_Earth.

Baileriat – the period between closest approach of Serees and Bailera in the same orbital configuration ~= 301.5317₈ years_Serees.