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Definition of Sidereal year
1. Noun. The time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars.
Definition of Sidereal year
1. Noun. The orbital period of the Earth; a measure of the time it takes for the Sun to return to the same position with respect to the stars of the celestial sphere. A sidereal year is about 20.4 minutes longer than the tropical year due to precession of the equinoxes. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidereal Year
Literary usage of Sidereal year
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... in fact, not the tropical year, in the course of which the sun really passes
from one vernal equinox to the next, but a sidereal year, the period during ..."
2. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... to the same position with respect to the equinoctial points, and the sidereal
year or period of return to the same position with respect to the stars. ..."
3. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... position with respect to the equinoctial points, and the sidereal year or
period of return to the same position with'Te^pm lu the stars. ..."
4. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"The sidereal year. — The sidereal year is the time required for the sun ...
If the perihelion point were fixed, this period would equal the sidereal year. ..."
5. The Indian Calendar: With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan by Robert Sewell, Sankara Balkrishna Dikshit (1896)
"The period during which the earth makes one revolution round the sun with reference
to the fixed stars,2 is called a sidereal year. The period during which ..."
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