Convert Year (Leap) (y (leap)) to Minute (Sidereal) (min (sidereal)) instantly.
About these units
Year (Leap) (y (leap))
A leap year contains 366 days, occurring roughly every four years in the Gregorian calendar to correct for the fact that a tropical year is not exactly 365 days. Leap years prevent seasonal drift by compensating for the extra 0.2422 days in each solar year. Without leap-year corrections, seasons would shift by one full day every four years, eventually placing summer in December over the course of centuries. Leap years are essential to maintaining synchrony between human calendars and Earth's orbital mechanics, illustrating how civil timekeeping must regularly adjust for astronomical reality.
Minute (Sidereal) (min (sidereal))
A sidereal minute is 1/60 of a sidereal hour, lasting about 59.836 seconds in solar time. This unit refines astronomical timekeeping, enabling precise tracking of star transits, celestial navigation, and long-exposure astrophotography. Sidereal minutes illustrate how deeply astronomical timing differs from civil timekeeping, demonstrating the challenges of aligning human calendars with cosmic cycles.