How many shake in 1 tropical year? The answer is 3.1556925445E+15. We assume you are converting between shake and tropical year. You can view more details on each measurement unit: shake or tropical year The SI base unit for time is the second. 1 second is equal to 100000000 shake, or 3.1688765172731E-8 tropical year. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between shake and years. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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The mean tropical year is defined as the period of time for the mean ecliptic longitude of the Sun to increase by 360 degrees. Since the Sun's ecliptic longitude is measured with respect to the equinox, the tropical year comprises a complete cycle of the seasons; because of the biological and socio-economic importance of the seasons, the tropical year is the basis of most calendars.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the International Union of Geological Sciences have jointly recommended using defining the annus, with symbol a, as the length of the tropical year in the year 2000:
a = 31556925.445 seconds (approximately 365.24219265 ephemeris days)
We default to using the Gregorian year on this site, but you can select a specific type of year by entering the full name like "tropical year".
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