solar year
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"There's nothing sacrosanct about locking a calendar to the solar year the way ours is," says Evans.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 26, 2024
The Gregorian calendar, intended to more accurately mark the solar year, was adopted in 1752, adding 11 days.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
For the next three quarters of a solar year, our daylight allotment will be less.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2022
The Maya developed a calendar that tracked many cycles simultaneously, including the solar year and the “calendar round,” a period of 52 years.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Faced with an old Roman calendar that was itself drifting out of sync with the solar year, he recognized the Alexandrian calendar as a worthy model for a proposed revision.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
