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mean solar day

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 321 words | Copyright

mean solar day The average length of the apparent solar day; also, the interval between successive transits of the mean sun. The apparent solar day is not constant in length due to the changing value of the equation of time. The number of mean solar days in the year is exactly one fewer than the number of sidereal days.

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