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stiks02 [169]
3 years ago
15

Leap years _____. happen because the Earth revolves around the sun in less than 365 days make up for the extra one-fourth day th

e Earth needs to orbit the sun add an extra day to the end of December, making the month 32 days long subtract a day from February, making the month only 27 days long
Physics
1 answer:
anzhelika [568]3 years ago
7 0

The Earth takes (365 and 1/4) days to orbit the sun.  That's the length of our 'year'.

Since it's not really possible to make our calendar a quarter of a day longer every year, we make the calendar a <u><em>whole</em></u> day longer every 4 years.

So "Leap years" make up for the extra one-fourth day the Earth takes to orbit the sun.

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