Assertion: gregorian calendar | /r/HasAspect | a leap year
Facets:
value: in order to compensate
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Just as the Gregorian calendar has a leap year in order to compensate for the fact that the earth does not travel around the sun in exactly 365 days, the Chinese calendar is adjusted so as to ensure that it bears a proper relationship with the apparent movement of the sun between the northern and southern tropics.
text: slightly less (c. 365.242 days): the Julian calendar has too many leap years.