It's no one's fault. The sidereal year (fixed star to fixed star) is just a wee bit longer than the corrected calendar year.
(I like how 365.256363 is simply NOT an integer!) -WaV On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Chad Fenner <[email protected]>wrote: > Nope. Every 100 years, leap year is skipped, except that every 400 years > (e.g. 2000) it is added back. Feb 29, 2000 was the second ever leap century > day. The next won't be until Feb 29, 2400. > > Odd what random things I know, yet I can't remember what I had for dinner > last night. > > CF > > > On 5/23/2011 7:50 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: > >> . (Trivia question: Will 2100 be a leap year in our calendar?) >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
