The reason we have a leap year is due to the precise time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun.
It takes the Earth 365.25 days to rotate around the Sun.
Our calendar year is 365 days--note the missing quarter-day?
The quarter-day each year is added on every four years to keep it accurate.
This is a very rough approximation and there are other factors to take into consideration.
A year, the amount of time it takes the earth to orbit the sun, is slightly longer than 365 days by about a quarter of a day. So every four years an extra day is added to the year to make up for this discrepancy. Otherwise the seasons would gradually fall out of step with the calendar and we would be having snow and blizzards in summer (in the northern hemisphere).
To compensate for 6 hours extra every 1 year.
there are 365 days 6 hours in a year to make up for the 6 hours every four years it will equal 24 hours so they have to have a extra day
Years divisible by 4 are leap years (with some additional exceptions at the end of the century). For example, 2012 is a leap year, since the number is divisible by 4.
3080 will be a leap year.
1776 was a leap year
No. If the year number can be divided by four then it's a leap year. 2012=Leap year.
2112 will be a leap year. If you meant 2012, then it too was a leap year.
Yes 2016 is a leap year.
no,the next leap year is 2012!No, it is not a leap year.
2052 will be a leap year.
The year 3300 will not be a leap year.
The year 2225 is not a leap year.
No, 1564 was not a leap year.
The year 2500 is not a leap year.
no 2008 2012 2016 are leap years