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Admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:12:57 GMT

Calendar Year

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	A '''year''' is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.		A '''year''' is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.

-	==~~Calendar~~ Year==	+	==Common Year vs Leap Year==
-	~~A calendar~~ year is ~~the time between two dates with the same name in a calendar~~. ~~Solar calendars usually attempt to predict the four seasons~~, ~~but because the length of individual seasonal years varies significantly~~, ~~they instead use an astronomical year as~~ a ~~surrogate~~. ~~For example, the ancient Egyptians used the heliacal rising of Sirius to predict the flooding of the Nile~~.	+	The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year (or '''common year'''), there are 365 days, in a '''leap year''' there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.

-	The Gregorian calendar attempts to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21; hence it follows the vernal equinox year. The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[1990]]		* [[1990]]
	* [[2008]]		* [[2008]]
	[[Category: History]] [[Category: Years]]		[[Category: History]] [[Category: Years]]

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71.7.152.229 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:27:13 GMT

Admin at 02:47, 2 April 2008

Admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:47:18 GMT

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[[2008]]		[[2008]]
		+	[[Category: History]]

Rws247 at 18:13, 24 March 2008

Rws247 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:13:13 GMT

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	A '''year''' is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.		A '''year''' is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.

-	==Year==	+	==Calendar Year==
-	The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.	+	A calendar year is the time between two dates with the same name in a calendar. Solar calendars usually attempt to predict the four seasons, but because the length of individual seasonal years varies significantly, they instead use an astronomical year as a surrogate. For example, the ancient Egyptians used the heliacal rising of Sirius to predict the flooding of the Nile.
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		+	The Gregorian calendar attempts to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21; hence it follows the vernal equinox year. The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[[2008]]		[[2008]]

Rws247 at 18:08, 24 March 2008

Rws247 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:08:55 GMT

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	==Year==		==Year==
-	The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a leap year there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.	+	The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[[2008]]		[[2008]]

Rws247 at 18:06, 24 March 2008

Rws247 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:06:43 GMT

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-	A year is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.	+	A '''year''' is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.

	==Year==		==Year==
	The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a leap year there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.		The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a leap year there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.
		+	==See Also==
		+	[[2008]]

Liliaku at 17:59, 24 March 2008

Liliaku — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:59:03 GMT

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A year is the time the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.

==Year==
The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a leap year there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.

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	The Gregorian calendar attempts to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21; hence it follows the vernal equinox year. The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.		The Gregorian calendar attempts to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21; hence it follows the vernal equinox year. The average length of a year is 365.25 days. In a non-leap year, there are 365 days, in a [[leap year]] there are 366 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years.
	==See Also==		==See Also==
-	[[2008]]	+	* [[1990]]
-	[[Category: History]]	+	* [[2008]]
		+	[[Category: History]] [[Category: Years]]