sidereal year
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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 length of time that it takes for the earth to arrive at the same position with respect to the stars, which is called a sidereal year, amounts to 365·2563744 days.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
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.
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 length of the sidereal year is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
