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2024 is a leap year, but why?
(KTXL) – Ring in the Leap Year! That’s right, 2024 will see one additional day ... by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Unlike the Julian Calendar, that proceeded it by more than 1,600 years, the ...
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How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days
On the last day of 2024, Eutelsat's OneWeb ... Caesar that the tropical year (or the solar year) lasted about 365.25 days. So, a leap day was added to the calendar every four years to account ...