Leap YearIt takes the earth one day to complete one spin on its axis. The time it takes the earth to complete one trip around the sun is one year. But these units of time don’t divide evenly, resulting in our calendar year being 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and a little over 45 seconds long. Every 4 years we take those extra hours and minutes and fit it in an extra day, on February 29th, which we