The sidereal year differs from the tropical year "the period of time required for the ecliptic longitude of the Sun to increase 360 degrees" due to the precession of the equinoxes. The sidereal year is 20 min 24.5 s longer than the mean tropical year at J2000. 0 (365.242 190 402 ephemeris days).
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