year (sidereal)-year (mean tropical) conversion

Conversion number between year (sidereal) [a, y, or yr] and year (mean tropical) [a, y, or yr] is 1.0000388032992. This means, that year (sidereal) is bigger unit than year (mean tropical).

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1 year (sidereal) = `(31558149.7635456) / (31556925.2507328)` = 1.0000388032992 year (mean tropical)
1 year (mean tropical) = `(31556925.2507328) / (31558149.7635456)` = 0.99996119820642 year (sidereal)
? year (sidereal) × `(31558149.7635456 ("s"/"year (sidereal)")) / (31556925.2507328 ("s"/"year (mean tropical)"))` = ? year (mean tropical)

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year (sidereal) to year (mean tropical) conversion chart

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year (sidereal)	year (mean tropical)
0	0
10	10.000388032992
20	20.000776065984
30	30.001164098976
40	40.001552131969
50	50.001940164961
60	60.002328197953
70	70.002716230945
80	80.003104263937
90	90.003492296929
100	100.00388032992
110	110.00426836291

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Details about year (sidereal) and year (mean tropical) units:

Convert Year (sidereal) to other unit:

year (sidereal)

Definition of year (sidereal) unit: ≈ 365.256363004 d. Sidereal year is a time taken for Sun to return to the same position with respect to the stars of the celestial sphere, approximately 365.256363 days.

Convert Year (mean tropical) to other unit:

year (mean tropical)

Definition of year (mean tropical) unit: ≈ 365.242190402 d. Tropical year is the length of time it takes for the Sun to return to the same position in the cycle of seasons, approximately 365.24219 days

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