A '''year''' (from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''[[Jēram|gēar]]'') is the [[orbital period]] of the [[Earth]] moving around the [[Sun]]. For an observer on the Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the [[zodiac]] along the [[ecliptic]]. | A '''year''' (from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''[[Jēram|gēar]]'') is the [[orbital period]] of the [[Earth]] moving around the [[Sun]]. For an observer on the Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the [[zodiac]] along the [[ecliptic]]. |