What are the standard Colonial units of measurement?
The relationships between Colonial units of measurements was never clearly defined in the series. In most cases, only an appropriate table of closest Earth measurements is provided, based on the usage of the terms in the actual episodes. 1. Time units and their closest Earth equivalents • micron(s) – second • centon (sen’-tawn) – minute • centar, centares (sen’-tar, sen-tar’-ays) – hour • secton(s) (sek’-tawn) – week • yahren (yah’-rain) – year • millenium – 1000 years The light yahren is the Colonial equivalent of the light year. The quatron (month?) was used in the episode “Magnificent Warriors.” Other nonstandard units were almost exclusively used in the the pilot and “Lost Planet of the Gods,” including millicenton (ten minutes) and microcenton (second). In the pilot episode, centon appears to have been something closer to a week in definition. For a more thorough discussion of the time units and what they represent, view the separate document Colonial Time Units and Their Earth Eq
