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We've changed the length of a year several times in history, what's one more?
by saalweachter 4y ago
We've changed the length of a year several times in history, what's one more?
- frosted-flakes 4y agoThe length of a year is determined by the earth's orbit around the sun. Sure, you can make a calendar that isn't actually a year long, and then correct the errors that accumulate every once in a while, either by inserting a few months every few hundred years, or by adding a leap day every 4 years, but why would you intentionally make a calendar that isn't a year long? Leap days are unavoidable, but seasons drifting out-of-sync are not.
- otikik 4y agoWe can define a year however we want, but then planet Earth will answer "Ok, then my new orbit is 0.95434 years".