sidereal year

Noun

Meaning

the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

millennium moon century day second year term month moment hour quarter session minute semester luster
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Antonyms

year century whole several days

Hypernyms

year sidereal time

Examples

He also compared the lengths of the tropical year (the time it takes the Sun to return to an equinox) and the sidereal year (the time it takes the Sun to return to a fixed star), and found a slight discrepancy. Source: Internet

It is not clear if this would be a value for the sidereal year (actual value at his time (modern estimate) about 365.2565 days), but the difference with Hipparchus's value for the tropical year is consistent with his rate of precession (see below). Source: Internet

In 1437, Ulugh Beg determined the length of the sidereal year as 365.2570370.. Source: Internet

It is currently less than the sidereal year and its duration is very close to the mean Julian year of 365.25 days. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sidereal second sidereal table sidereal time siderealize sidereally sideremia