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Septennial (7 years)
A septennial period spans seven years and historically appears in legal, agricultural, and religious cycles. In medieval Europe, land leases, debts, and apprenticeship terms sometimes lasted seven years. Biblical traditions also emphasize cycles of seven, including sabbatical years. Modern risk analysis, demographic studies, and financial planning sometimes examine seven-year spans because they capture medium-term trends while avoiding short-term volatility.
Year (Sidereal) (y (sidereal))
A sidereal year is the time it takes Earth to complete one full orbit relative to distant fixed stars, lasting approximately 365.25636 days. This is the "true" orbital period of Earth in space, unaffected by precession-related shifts of the equinoxes. Sidereal years are used in celestial mechanics, spacecraft navigation, and modeling solar system dynamics. The slight difference between the tropical and sidereal year (about 20 minutes) reveals how Earth's wobbling axis alters how we perceive time, creating two distinct astronomical year definitions.