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Describe the position of the earth and sun for the spring and winter solstices?
There is no "spring solstice", there is a spring equinox and a summer solstice.
Is the sun closest to the earth during the summer or winter solstice?
It Is closest to the earth In the winter.
Why do people celebrate winter solstice?
we have it because the earth tilts
Can a winter's solstice happen on a leap year?
Winter solstice happens ever year in the latter part of December. Whether it is a leap year or not has nothing whatsoever to do with it.
Does the summer solstice occur in the southern hemisphere when the sun is closet to the earth?
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What part of earth is darkest at the solstice?
winter solstice
Why is winter solstice the darkest?
The earth is furthest away from the sun.
What part of earth is darkest at the solsticewhy?
The hemisphere that is in the winter solstice - for example, the northern hemisphere in December - will receive less light, because the Sun is in the opposite direction, with respect to Earth.
What part of Earth is darkest at the solstice and why?
If it the solstice is in northern hemisphere, then it is Antarctica, and if it occurs in southern hemisphere, then it is the North Pole. There is no stable day-night transition at the poles, therefore durring winter, the pole remains in darkness for the entire season, and durring summer sun never sets but moves in along the horizon.
What is darkest part of the moon's shadow called?
The darkest part of the moon is called the Umbra. That is the darkest not the largest.
The darkest part of the Moon's shadow is what?
the darkest part of the moon's shadow is called the umbra
What position of the earth affects whether there will be a winter solstice or a summer solstice?
Tilt
What is the part of a shadow that surronds the darkest part?
penumbra
The part of a shadow that surrounds the darkest part?
The penumbra
Why could hades visit mt Olympus during the winter solstice only?
Because it is supposedly the darkest day of the year, and the meeting day.
How did the summer solstice begin?
The summer solstice began when the sun was farther than the earth than usual. .
How does the earth tilt in solistices?
During the winter solstice, the northern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted away from the sun; during the summer solstice, the northern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted towards the sun.
