Space Age

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Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone is in terms of a given planet's solar years.

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Source: Exercism sml/space-age

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datatype planet = Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars
                | Jupiter | Saturn | Neptune | Uranus

fun secsToEarthYears seconds = seconds / 31557600.0

fun periodInEarthYears planet =
  case planet of
      Mercury   =>  0.2408467
    | Venus     =>  0.61519726
    | Earth     =>  1.0