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How did the ancient cultures determine that the year was actually a fraction of an extra day beyond 365 days?
Google says the year is exactly 365.2422 days, and so they make a leap year every 4th year, but that ends up being 365.25 days per year on average. So every 100th year they don't have a leap year, but ...
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Earth’s rotation speed vs rate of lunar cycle
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If the earth’s rotation slowed down to align to the lunar cycle so that the orbital period began and ended at the same lunar phase, what other things would result?
For example, ...
