tropical year
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The second feature of the new Gregorian calendar was a change in the rule for leap year, making the average length of the year more closely approximate the tropical year.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
The basic period of revolution of Earth, called the tropical year, is 365.2422 days.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
The true number of days in the mean tropical year actually varies slightly over time.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2011
This rate is known as the mean tropical year.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2011
Consequently, the length of the tropical year is now about ten seconds less than it was in the time of Hipparchus.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
