2007-11-18 01:02:29 · 15 answers · asked by berty 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
No. All a leap year does is REGULATE the calendar.
2007-11-18 01:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ducks 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's exactly the leap year that keeps the seasons where they belong.
If the leap year was not present every 4 years, then Spring would become Winter, Summer would become Spring, etc. (Every 4 years, the 1st of March would be moving backwards by 1 day.)
2007-11-18 01:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by Gary D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, this is not the case, the only reason there are leap years is that one earth year is actually 365 and a quarter days, so the leap year every 4 years makes up for the quarter that was missed out in the other years. Without the leap years the reverse of what you said would happen.
2007-11-18 01:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup thanx to Julius Caesar, this got straightened out. Before the new calender, they were celebrating harvest festivals in early summer. The earth takes 365 1/4 days to get around the sun. The extra day ever four years compensates for this.
2007-11-18 02:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by SmileItsNotThatSerious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the extra day is added on every 4 years because the earths roatation isn't EXACTLY 24 hours and it takes slightly more than 365 days go round the sun.
It was decided to add the extra day every 4 years to "equal out" the difference.
That way the seasons DON'T get out of kilter.
Just feel sorry for all those poor souls born on Feb 29th though poor blighters having to wait 4 years between birthdays (though maybe thats the secret to eternal youth LOL)
2007-11-18 01:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Puligan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A year is actually 365 days, 6 hours. We round it off to 365 and make up the difference every 4 years.
This keeps the seasons constant.
2007-11-18 01:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the leap year is there to correct the calender. the earth doesn't rotate the sun exactly 365 days a year. the 29th of febuary allows the calender to catch up so know winter will never become summer and so on!
2007-11-18 01:06:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
both my acquaintances who're bounce toddlers rejoice on Feb twenty eighth because it really is interior the right month. Anne in difficulty-free words counts her real birthdays regardless of the reality that, so she says she's 10 for the reason that she's in difficulty-free words extremely had 10 real birthdays.
2016-10-24 10:50:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously! And this is proved by the last 2000 years where.........on wait....no! Nothing has changed!
2007-11-18 01:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could theorize that of course but calender are man made so you can easily change that besides isnt our calender based on the Aztecs which end on 2012
2007-11-18 01:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by salem 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋