sidereal year

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Thus the Babylonians had fixed the length of a tropical year within twenty-five seconds of the truth; their estimate of the sidereal year was barely two minutes in excess.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

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.

The earth’s axis rotates about the pole of the ecliptic, making one revolution and a twenty-six thousandth part of a revolution in the sidereal year, in the opposite direction to its orbital motion.

From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George

The Egyptian year was a year of 365 days, and therefore vague as regarded the sidereal year.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

It has received the name of sidereal year.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)