0
Well, yes and no. The reason why we have a leap year here on Earth is because the ancient Egyptians arbitrarily divided the day into 24 hours. We kept this convention and determined that it takes Earth 365 days to make one revolution around the sun (one year.) Adding an extra day to the calendar every four years compensates for the fact that a period of 365 days is shorter than a solar year by almost 6 hours. If we didn't add that extra day, our seasons would become more and more "off" of what we actually experience each year.
Since we are able to determine the precise length of one Martian year (or one revolution around the sun,) we could easily calculate a precise calendar in which the calendar year exactly models the solar year, and the leap year is unnecessary. If we want a Martian day to contain an even number of hours, it will most likely need to have a leap year since I doubt a multiple number of Earth days is exactly one Martian year.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Was 0000A.D a leap year?
There is no year 0 in our calendar; 1 B.C. is a leap year.
Was the year 1237 a leap year?
No, odd-numbered years are never leap years in either the Gregorian calendar or the Julian calendar.
Is one leap year is one day subtracted from the calendar?
In a Leap Year one day is added to the calendar - February 29.
Was 1066 a leap year?
No, it wasn't a leap year under The Julian or Gregorian calendar.
What calendar is a leap year a part of?
It is the Gregorian calendar which we use today
Why was the year 1500 a leap year?
Because 1500 is a century , so we should check whether it is divisible by 400 not by 4 alone. Since it is not divisible by 400 its not a leap year.1500 WAS actually a leap year, the Gregorian calendar didn't commence until the year 1600.
What is a leap year in a calendar?
A leap year is a year containing one extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar (common calendar), February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28, so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 365.
When is the next calendar leap year?
2012
Where does leap year apart in the calendar?
in February
What do you get when you cross a calendar with a kangaroo?
A leap year!
When is leap year added to a calendar?
every 4 years....2012 will be the next leap year.
When will the 2000 calendar repeat?
The 2000 calendar will repeat in 2028. This was a leap year and leap year calendars generally repeat every 28 years.
