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  2. Sidereal year - Wikipedia

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    The sidereal year is 20 min 24.5 s longer than the mean tropical year at J2000.0 (365.242 190 402 ephemeris days). [ 1 ] At present, the rate of axial precession corresponds to a period of 25,772 years, [ 3 ] so sidereal year is longer than tropical year by 1,224.5 seconds (20 min 24.5 s, ~365.24219*86400/25772).

  3. Sidereal time - Wikipedia

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    A year has about 365.24 solar days but 366.24 sidereal days. Therefore, there is one fewer solar day per year than there are sidereal days, similar to an observation of the coin rotation paradox. [5] This makes a sidereal day approximately ⁠ 365.24 / 366.24 ⁠ times the length of the 24-hour solar day.

  4. Axial precession - Wikipedia

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    The sidereal year is the length of time that the Sun takes to return to the same position with respect to the stars of the celestial sphere. Precession causes the stars to change their longitude slightly each year, so the sidereal year is longer than the tropical year.

  5. 2024 is a leap year, but why? Here’s the science behind the ...

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    This ‘sidereal’ year is slightly longer than the calendar year, and that extra 5 hours 48 minutes and 56 seconds needs to be accounted for somehow.” according to the Smithsonian Institute.

  6. Is 2024 a leap year? When is leap day, and why is it needed?

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    "Some simple math will show that over four years the difference between the calendar years and the sidereal year is not exactly 24 hours. Instead, it’s 23.262222 hours," the Smithsonian explains.

  7. Nirayana system - Wikipedia

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    Nirayana year [ edit ] The nirayana year is the sidereal year , that is, is the actual time required for the Earth to revolve once around the Sun with respect to a fixed point on the ecliptic, and its duration is approximately 365.256363 days (365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds).

  8. Sun-synchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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    An orbit will be Sun-synchronous when the precession rate ρ = ⁠ dΩ / dt ⁠ equals the mean motion of the Earth about the Sun n E, which is 360° per sidereal year (1.990 968 71 × 10 −7 rad/s), so we must set n E = ⁠ ΔΩ E / T E ⁠ = ρ = ⁠ ΔΩ / T ⁠, where T E is the Earth orbital period, while T is the period of the spacecraft ...

  9. Sidereal Astrology Might Change The Way You Read Your Birth Chart

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    The birth chart you have memorized is likely rooted in tropical astrology. But there's another system, too, called sidereal astrology. An astrologer explains.