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What is a solstice?
Its either of the two times in the year(winter or summer) that the sun is furthest from the celestial equator.
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What is the solstice?
The solstices are when the Sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator; the point in the apparent path of the Sun at which the Sun is farthest south of the equa…tor. Solstice happens twice a year on about June 21 and December 21. In other words, the solstice is when the tilt of the Earth's axis is in most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme. This makes the winter solstice the shortest day of the year, and summer summer solstice the longest. solstices are when the it is the shortest day (December 22-25) of the year or the longest (June 21-23). Here is what the dictionary says."1. Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator. The summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs about June 21, when the sun is in the zenith at the tropic of Cancer; the winter solstice occurs about December 21, when the sun is over the tropic of Capricorn. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and the winter solstice is the shortest."The word solsitce is a noun. It comes from a term that literally means "sun stand", because the sun reaches its highest or lowest point of the year on the solstice (highest on the summer solstice, lowest on the winter solstice). (MORE)
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What is solstice?
There are two solstices in a year, a summer soltice and a wintersoltice. The summer solstice is celebrated on the longest day ofthe year while the winter solstice is celebrate…d on the shortestday of the year. The winter solstice is on December 22 and thesummer solstice is on July 22. The solstices were at one point usedin certain religions as days to make sacrifices and praise variousgods.hi (MORE)
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What is an solstice?
a solstice is a time when the sun reaches the point where it is lowest and highest at noon and longest and shortest day. solstice The two days of the year on which the sun rea…ches its greatest distance north or south of the equator (MORE)
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What is antonym of solstice?
Answer: The opposite of a solstice is an equinox. Non-technical explanation: The solstices are the longest day and longest night of the year. Equinoxes are the days of …equal daylight and nighttime. Moderately technical explanation: At the northern hemisphere's summer solstice, it is receiving the largest share of sunlight that it receives all year. In other words, that is the day that the northern hemisphere is "pointing" most directly towards the sun. The two solstices are at opposite points along Earth's path around the sun. If we call those the "top" and "bottom" of Earth's orbit, the points at the "left" and "right" extremes would be the points at which Earth experiences an equinox. More technical explanation: At a solstice, Earth's axes of rotation and revolution lie in the same plane. The equinoxes are the points at which the plane *perpendicular* to Earth's axis of rotation (ie, the plane containing the Equator) intersects the center of the sun. The two solstices and the two equinoxes are separated by 180 degrees along Earth's orbit, and the two pairs are offset by 90 degrees from each other. (MORE)
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What is winter solstice and summer solstice?
For the northern hemisphere, winter solstice is when the Sun is furthest to the South, summer solstice is when the Sun is furtherst to the North. For the southern hemisphere, …it is the other way round. (MORE)
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Why do they call a solstice a solstice?
Using a little bit of etymology (history of words) we can break down the word a little. Sol - stice. The word Sol is in relation to the sun. The summer and winter SOLstices a…re the longest and shortest days of the year respectively. Many religions regard(ed) the sun as an important source of life and symbolism. (MORE)
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What are summer solstice and winter solstice?
It is when the Earth lines up with the sun, causing the oceans waves to grow larger and destroy towns. This is because of the wind patterns blowing hot air into the water.
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What and when are the solstices?
Solstices occur twice in each circuit of the of the earth around the sun. There are two types of solstices, and they are Summer and Winter..
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What are and when are the solstices?
The solstices are the longest and shortest days of the year; there are always two every year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice (longest day) is usually June 20 …or 21 and the winter solstice (shortest day) is usually December 20 or 21. In the Southern Hemisphere, the summer solstice (longest day) is usually December 20 or 21 and the winter solstice (shortest day) is usually June 20 or 21. (MORE)