sidereal year
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There are two kinds of solar years, with which we may have to do in a luni-solar calendar—the tropical or equinoctial year, and the sidereal year.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
Mrs. B. I must also explain to you what is meant by a sidereal year.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.
In order to ascertain when the earth has performed an entire revolution in its orbit, we must observe when the sun returns in conjunction with any fixed star; and this is called a sidereal year.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.
In what way was the primitive year regulated? was it a solar or a sidereal year?
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
It has received the name of sidereal year.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
