Assertion: leap day | /r/HasProperty | added
Facets:
value: too often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A leap day was added every four years.
text: Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to orbit the sun -- almost an extra quarter of a day per year.
text: Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to orbit the sun -- almost an extra quarter of a day per year.
text: Interestingly enough, the Chinese calendar added a month in 2015 – which was a leap year in their calendar – as opposed to the Gregorian calendar, which calls for a leap day to be added this year (2016).
text: This improved things slightly, yet leap days were being added too often.
text: February 30, 1712, came into existence in Sweden when the Julian calendar was restored and 2 leap days were added that year.
text: A leap day is added every 2 to 3 years.
text: Leap day (Feb. 29) was added to solve this problem but even that's not a perfect solution.
text: Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to orbit the sun -- almost an extra quarter of a day per year.
text: This calendar system uses even more complex rules to determine when a leap day is to be added.