PAESTA Podcast Series: Episode 5 - Why Do We Add Leap Day Every Four Years?
Submitted by Chris Palma on Mon, 02/29/2016 - 7:24am
You Asked, We Answered!
Listen to Dr. Chris Palma and student Kevin Toney from The Pennsylvania State University speak about the science behind Leap Day! Questions addressed in the podcast include:
- Why are we adding this extra day?
- We add this one day every four years - that should solve everything , right?
- There's a little error - how do we solve it?
- How accurate is our current system?
If you have any follow-up questions about this podcast, please contact the podcast author Chris Palma (cxp137@psu.edu (link sends e-mail))
Links
- NASA - Leap Day…Why Does It Exist?
- The United States Naval Observatory - Leap Years
- The Leap Year as Explained by Neil deGrasse Tyson (video by National Geographic)
- National Geographic article - The Surprising History Behind Leap Year
- American Museum Natural History - Leap Day Explained
- Smithsonian Magazine - Happy Leap Day! Brought to You by Julius Caesar
- Astronomy Picture of the Day - Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Slate/Bad Astronomy - Why Do We Have Leap Days?
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