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sidereal year
subject			fact

sidereal year	has definition A period of time based on the revolution of the Earth around the Sun, where a year is defined as the mean period of revolution with respect to the background stars.
	is an instance of year
time unit	is a unit of time
unit	has historical origin
	represents