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How would you arrange the calendar and leap years if there were 365.261... days per year? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by someguy3@lemmy.ca to c/general@lemmy.world

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Original time line has 365.2421897... days per year. That makes it too easy to skip leap years every now and then. So what if it was the opposite direction?

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[–] HorreC@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

this isnt really a day problem its a minute issue. to make noon work we have to cut a minute off every day or by the time we get to the other side of the sun we would be back to front.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Rotation of the earth around its axis and rotation around the sun are different. (Technically there would be a very small change in solar day, but really the question is about rotation around the Sun.)