What Is a Tropical Year

What is a tropical year?

A) It is the time between seeing the Sun directly overhead in the tropics (between latitudes N 23.5 and S 23.5) and next seeing it directly overhead again.
B) It is twice the period of time defined in answer A.
C) It is the time from one vernal equinox to the next.
D) It is the time between having Polaris as the North Star and having Polaris again as the North Star, divided by 26,000.

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