WHY LEAP YEAR COMES?

There is an interesting fact about leap year....

           Blame Earth's orbit around the sun, which takes approximately 365.25 days. It's that . 25 that creates the need for a leap year every four years. ... During leap years, a leap day is added to the calendar to slow down and synchronize the calendar year with the seasons.

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Orgin of leap year....

             By 1582 A.D. that slight discrepancy in the Julian calendar added up to 10 days. So Pope Gregory XIII created the Gregorian calendar, coined the term "leap year" and established February 29 as the official date to add to a leap year. He also introduced a rule to take into account the discrepancy in the Julian calendar.

Celebrating the leap year? Take a moment to thank Christopher Clavius (1538-1612). This German mathematician and astronomer figured out how and where to place them in the Gregorian calendar. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Why February is choosen as a leap year?

And so February was the last day of the year, so that's why the extra date would be added in February to make sure that the first day of spring was always aligned with the right time.” Generally a leap year happens every four years, but there are exceptions.