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  2. Solar calendar - Wikipedia

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    The mean calendar year of such a calendar approximates the sidereal year. Leaping from one lunation to another, but one Sidereal year is the period between two occurrences of the sun, as measured by the stars' solar calendar, which is derived from the Earth's orbit around the sun every 28 years. [3]

  3. Astronomical year numbering - Wikipedia

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    In [Astronomical Algorithms], the 'B.C.' years are counted astronomically. Thus, the year before the year +1 is the year zero, and the year preceding the latter is the year −1. The year which historians call 585 B.C. is actually the year −584. The astronomical counting of the negative years is the only one suitable for arithmetical purpose.

  4. Almanac - Wikipedia

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    It has been suggested that the word almanac derives from a Greek word meaning calendar. [2] However, that word appears only once in antiquity, by Eusebius who quotes Porphyry as to the Coptic Egyptian use of astrological charts (almenichiaká). The earliest almanacs were calendars that included agricultural, astronomical, or meteorological data.

  5. Your Stargazing Calendar for 2024: Catch a Total Solar ...

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    Keep looking up, and use our 2024 astronomy calendar to plan for this year’s celestial wonders. ... (which stands for Coordinated Universal Time and is the same as Greenwich Mean Time), the sun ...

  6. Cosmic Calendar - Wikipedia

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    Sagan goes on to extend the comparison in terms of surface area, explaining that if the Cosmic Calendar were scaled to the size of a football field, then "all of human history would occupy an area the size of [his] hand". [3] A similar analogy used to visualize the geologic time scale and the history of life on Earth is the Geologic Calendar.

  7. 2024 is a leap year. Here's what to know and when Easter ...

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    That's because the astronomical year — meaning the time it takes the earth to rotate around the sun — is a quarter of a day longer than the 365-day calendar, meaning a new day every four years ...

  8. The shortest day of the year has arrived. Here’s what the ...

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    It marks the official beginning of winter on the astronomical calendar — the calendar that bases seasons off the summer and winter solstices and spring and fall equinoxes.

  9. Year - Wikipedia

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    The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean year) across the complete leap cycle of 400 years is 365.2425 days (97 out of 400 years are leap years ...