NOUN
- the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars
How To Use sidereal year In A Sentence
- What they are probably thinking is that the imaginary line mentioned above from the earth to the sun sweeps out a full circle in one year; this is called a sidereal year: the time it takes for the sun to appear in the same place against the backdrop of the fixed stars. A Great Leap…Forward?
- The first of these is called the sidereal year while the second is called the tropical year.
- Though the present day almanac makers have discarded the Surya Sidhantic length of the year, they are still adhering to the sidereal year instead of the solar year.