sidereal year

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Definition of sidereal year in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of sidereal year in English English dictionary

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

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

The time required for one complete revolution of the earth about the sun, relative to the fixed stars, or 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds in units of mean solar time

Related Terms

sidereal years

plural form of sidereal year

Hyphenation

si·de·re·al year