The hosts discuss the concept of a year, explaining that it is the time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun. They also explain how leap years account for the extra six hours it takes for the Earth to catch up to its starting point.
A year isn’t what you think it is… Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about the length of a year, the dark side of the moon, and the physics of a moving system.
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Photo Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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