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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 definition of a year, 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 ] 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 decided to use a much greater value of 144 solar years per Valian year, and included this figure in '']'' appendices as the length of the elven year (the ''yen''). |
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* at the Annals of Arda |
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