Leap Year 2024: A Time to Reflect on Our Relationship with Time and Space
As we approach February 29, articles delve into the history and significance of leap years, offering insights into our temporal and spatial existence.
- 2024 marks a leap year, adding an extra day to February to align our calendar with celestial events.
- The concept of leap years dates back to the Gregorian calendar reform in 1582, aiming to correct discrepancies in the Julian calendar.
- Leap days are a reminder of the Earth's orbit around the sun taking 365.2422 days, not a neat 365.
- The last leap year in 2020 was a tumultuous time, marked by significant global events including the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Leap years and days prompt reflection on the philosophical and scientific aspects of time and our place in the universe.
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