# Space Age Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on: - Mercury: orbital period 0.2408467 Earth years - Venus: orbital period 0.61519726 Earth years - Earth: orbital period 1.0 Earth years, 365.25 Earth days, or 31557600 seconds - Mars: orbital period 1.8808158 Earth years - Jupiter: orbital period 11.862615 Earth years - Saturn: orbital period 29.447498 Earth years - Uranus: orbital period 84.016846 Earth years - Neptune: orbital period 164.79132 Earth years So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should be able to say that they're 31.69 Earth-years old. If you're wondering why Pluto didn't make the cut, go watch [this youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs). ## Getting Started Make sure you have read the "Guides" section of the [C track][c-track] on the Exercism site. This covers the basic information on setting up the development environment expected by the exercises. ## Passing the Tests Get the first test compiling, linking and passing by following the [three rules of test-driven development][3-tdd-rules]. The included makefile can be used to create and run the tests using the `test` task. make test Create just the functions you need to satisfy any compiler errors and get the test to fail. Then write just enough code to get the test to pass. Once you've done that, move onto the next test. As you progress through the tests, take the time to refactor your implementation for readability and expressiveness and then go on to the next test. Try to use standard C99 facilities in preference to writing your own low-level algorithms or facilities by hand. ## Source Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01) ## Submitting Incomplete Solutions It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise. [c-track]: https://exercism.io/my/tracks/c [3-tdd-rules]: http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.TheThreeRulesOfTdd