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 Julian calendar approximated the mean tropical year as 365.25 days and proposed 366-day leap years for every one divisible by four.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2011
The true number of days in the mean tropical year actually varies slightly over time.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2011
This would indeed be the case if the mean value of the civil year of the Julian calendar was exactly equal to the tropical year.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
