sidereal year
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It has received the name of sidereal year.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
Their sidereal year was 4�m too long,7 and they kept the ecliptic stationary among the stars, making no allowance for the shifting of the equinoxes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
"In the year 1779 Lexell's comet approached so near to the earth that it would have increased the length of the sidereal year by three hours if its mass had been equal to the earth's."
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius
The length of the sidereal year is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
The length of time that it takes for the earth to arrive at the same position with respect to the stars, which is called a sidereal year, amounts to 365·2563744 days.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
