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Year (y)
A year is the time it takes Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun, approximately 365.2422 days. This value is not exact, which is why leap years exist. The year is the foundation of calendars, agriculture, climate cycles, financial planning, long-term engineering designs, and historical chronology. Its importance spans science, culture, religion, and economics. The modern Gregorian calendar year is an elegant compromise that aligns civil life with astronomical reality, minimizing drift between the calendar and the seasons. Despite its complexity, it remains the global standard for structuring long-term human activity.
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.