sidereal year
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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
By comparing two successive years they could of course have got at a sidereal year; but this is what they did not do; hence the irregularity which produced the canicular cycle.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
It has received the name of sidereal year.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
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
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)
