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In the works of ], the '''Valian Years''' are used to measure the passage of time after the arrival of the ] in ]. This system, named for the ], continued to be used during periods that used different definitions of a year, such as the ], the ], and the ]. The Valian years continued to be measured in Aman after the first sunrise, but Tolkien provided no dates for events there after that point. The account in Valian years is generally not used when describing events of ] and ]. |
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In the 1930s and 40s Tolkien used a figure which fluctuated slightly around ten before settling on approximately 9.58 solar years in each Valian year. However, in the 1950s Tolkien then decided to use a much greater value of 144 solar years per Valian year and included this figure in '']'' appendixes as the length of the elven year (the ''yen''). |
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==External link== |
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* at the Annals of Arda |
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