Al-Marsad newspaper: The astronomer expert, Dr. Khaled Al-Zaqqaq, revealed the difference between a simple and a leap year, explaining at the same time regarding newborns who can never celebrate their birthday, and others who celebrate once every 4 years.
Al-Zaqqaq said: “The Gregorian years are divided into two parts, simple and the number of days is 365 days, leap years have 366 days, and the new year 2022 is a simple year.”
He continued: “A simple year has 28 days in February, while a leap year has 29 days, and every 4 years there are 3 simple years and 1 leap.”
Zaaq continued: “Every 100 years, 75 are simple and 25 are leap years, and whoever is born on February 29 does not celebrate his birthday except every 4 years, and those born on 7/1 “like me” never celebrate their birthday.”
He said that a leap year is one day larger than a simple one, because human calculations have not been able to reach the accuracy of the cosmic motion, whether a month or a year, especially since every year there is a percentage of error in human calculations.
The astronomer added that the error is a quarter of a day. This quarter is added up, compressed, and made in a leap year. As for the movement of celestial bodies, it is not affected by defects, and its calculation is dependent on accuracy.
To the elderly of the hospital
(Born 7/1) Like me
They never celebrate their birthday???
pic.twitter.com/OQvMVk99xl— Dr. Khaled Saleh Al Zaaq (@dralzaaq) January 2, 2022
