The Leap Year Is Broken... #shorts

Why do leap years exist?

Full Explanation:

The Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days 6 hours and 9 minutes

The Gregorian calendar system that we use accounted for the extra 6 hours that it takes for the earth to orbit the sun.

Because a day is 24 hours, every 4 years we get an extra day because 24 / 6 = 4.

The extra 9 minutes it takes to orbit the sun are never factored in to our calendar system.

There are 1,440 minutes in a day. 1,440 / 9 = 160. This means every 160 years the extra 9 minutes that aren’t accounted for add up to a full day.

This day technically should be February 30th and should be added to the calendar on a leap year every 160 years.

February 30th is never accounted for by our calendar system, meaning that every 160 years there is a 24 hour period that we never keep track of.

This also means that every 160 years the middle of winter (or the point on the orbit which the earth is on on any given calendar day) shifts by one day.

Because of this shift, every 24,160 years there would be 151 days that should have been February 30th but instead are left un-accounted for.

This is significant enough to mean that month July would fall directly in the middle of winter.

If this Information was widely enough spread, changes could be made to add a february 30th every 160 years.

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