The term is an acronym, taken from Day AReological.
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Pro Con The term does not explicitly distinguish between an Earth day and a Martian day, which are different units of time.
Pro Con This term might be truncated to "day" in commom usage, resulting in confusing a Martian day with an Earth day, which are different units of time.
Pro This term came into general use during the Viking missions and has been the standard terminology in the scientific community for more than 25 years. Con The term should be used generically to denote the solar day of any planet, not just Mars.
Pro Latin is the basic language for Martian geographic nomenclature. Con The term is either identical or too similar to the word for an Earth hour in most Romance languages.
Pro Con The term does not explicitly distinguish between an Earth hour and a Martian hour, which may be different units of time.
Pro Con This term might be truncated to "hour" in commom usage, resulting in confusing a Martian hour with an Earth hour, which may be different units of time.
Pro Con This term might be truncated to "minute" in commom usage, resulting in confusing a Martian minute with an Earth minute, which may be different units of time.
Pro Con The term does not explicitly distinguish between an Earth minute and a Martian minute, which may be different units of time.
Pro Con This term might be truncated to "second" in commom usage, resulting in confusing a Martian second with an Earth second, which may be different units of time.
Pro Con The term does not explicitly distinguish between an Earth second and a Martian second, which may be different units of time.