sidereal year
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Their observations led them to discover the length, very nearly, of the sidereal year, which they made to consist of 365 days, every fourth year adding one day, making the number for that year 366.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
Owing to the precession of the equinoxes it is longer than a tropical or sidereal year by 25 minutes and 2.3 seconds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
It has received the name of sidereal year.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
The early Babylonians used a sidereal year, as will be shown shortly.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
Thus the Babylonians had fixed the length of a tropical year within twenty-five seconds of the truth; their estimate of the sidereal year was barely two minutes in excess.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William
