Leap-year corrections in the calendar are necessary to account for the
A) fact that the actual rotation time of Earth with respect to the stars is not exactly 24 hours.
B) wobble of Earth's axis.
C) slow drift in the direction of Earth's spin axis.
D) fact that 1 year is not exactly 365 days.

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Leap-year corrections are made because a year (the time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun) is not exactly 365 days but approximately 365.25 days. Adding a day every four years compensates for this discrepancy.

Leap-Year Corrections in the Calendar Are Necessary to Account for the