Years of the Sun
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The unit of time of the Years of the Sun was the [[coranar]], also referred to as a [[loa]]. | The unit of time of the Years of the Sun was the [[coranar]], also referred to as a [[loa]]. | ||
| − | The Valar intended a Year of the Sun to be exactly 350 full days, being a 1/10 fraction of a [[Years of the Trees|Year of the Trees]]. However the Sun was | + | The Valar intended a Year of the Sun to be exactly 350 full days, being a 1/10 fraction of a [[Years of the Trees|Year of the Trees]]. However the Sun was faster than expected and in one Year of the Sun, it turns 365.25 times instead of 350, or approximately 1/9.58 of a Year of the Trees.<ref>{{MR|P2}}</ref> |
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| Years of the Lamps Years of the Trees |
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The Years of the Sun was the time after the first rising of the Sun in the First Age until the present.
The unit of time of the Years of the Sun was the coranar, also referred to as a loa.
The Valar intended a Year of the Sun to be exactly 350 full days, being a 1/10 fraction of a Year of the Trees. However the Sun was faster than expected and in one Year of the Sun, it turns 365.25 times instead of 350, or approximately 1/9.58 of a Year of the Trees.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman"