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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

sidereal year time required for the earth to complete an orbit of the sun relative to the stars. The sidereal year is 365 days, 6 hr, 9 min, 9.5 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). It is 20 min longer than the tropical year because of the precession of the equinoxes ; for this reason, the sidereal year does not stay in step with the seasons. ... Read more

sidereal period
World Encyclopedia sidereal period Orbital period of a planet or other celestial body...respect to a background star. It is the true orbital period. Sidereal time is local time reckoned according to the rotation of the Earth with respect to the stars. The sidereal day is 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds of mean solar time, ... Read more

sidereal period
A Dictionary of Astronomy sidereal period The time taken for a planet or satellite to complete one orbit relative to the stars. For example, the Earth's sidereal period is a sidereal year , and the Moon's sidereal period is a sidereal month . However, a body's axial spin can also be measured relative... Read more

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