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The year

While the Earth spins once a day, it is also travelling around the Sun on an almost circular path. One full trip takes a year - about 365 and a quarter days.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You know that a year is one trip of the Earth around the Sun, and how that trip and the Earth's daily spin happen at the same time.

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Depths of understanding

  1. 1

    Foundation

    You know that a year is one trip of the Earth around the Sun, and how that trip and the Earth's daily spin happen at the same time.

  2. 2

    Deeper

    You know why the calendar skips some leap days - the exact leap-year rule - and can write that rule as code.

Your path here

What's still between you and The year, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1The SunDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
  2. 2The EarthDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
  3. 3The MoonDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
  4. 4Day and nightDepth 1 · Foundation · The Sky
  5. 5The yearDepth 1 · Foundation · The Sky

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