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No. The Tropic of Cancer is parallel to the equator
and 23.5 degrees north of it.
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The Tropic of Capricorn and what is the same distance to the equator?
the tropic of Cancer
Is the climate of tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn same?
No. These imaginary circles are both parallel to the equator. They are therefore parallel to each other.Every point on the Tropic of Cancer is 23.5 degrees northof the equator.Every point on the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5 degrees south of the equator.
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to what?
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the Antarctic Circle. They are lines of latitude either north (Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer) or south of the equator.
What is the name of the imaginary line of latitude 23 and a half degrees south of the equator?
The Tropic of Cancer is at approximately 23.5° N, marking the farthest northern locations that can have the Sun directly overhead at some time of the year. Farther north, the noonday Sun will always be to the south.
How may degrees are there between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer?
The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5degrees south latitude.this is correct!
The Tropic of Capricorn and what is the same distance to the equator?
the tropic of Cancer
Is the climate of tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn same?
No. These imaginary circles are both parallel to the equator. They are therefore parallel to each other.Every point on the Tropic of Cancer is 23.5 degrees northof the equator.Every point on the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5 degrees south of the equator.
What is the purpose of the tropic of cancer?
The word cancer is the Latin for crab. The Tropic of Cancer is so called because the sun was in the constellation of Cancer when it appeared directly overhead at this latitude during the summer solstice.
How many degrees are there between the tropic of cancer and the Antarctic circle?
90 I think The tropic of cancer should be the same angle N of the Equator as the Antarctic circle is N of the S Pole.
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to what?
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the Antarctic Circle. They are lines of latitude either north (Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer) or south of the equator.
What does tropic caner mean?
Nothing.The "Tropic of Cancer" is a circle of latitude, an imaginary line parallel to the Equator, about 23° 26' north of the equator. It is at this latitude that the Sun appears exactly overhead at the summer solstice.South of the equator there is the "Tropic of Capricorn"The 'Cancer' and 'Capricorn' in these names comes from the constellation in which the sun would appear to be at the Summer and winter solstices respectively (if you could see the Sun and the stars at the same time then).
What is the name of the imaginary line of latitude 23 and a half degrees south of the equator?
The Tropic of Cancer is at approximately 23.5° N, marking the farthest northern locations that can have the Sun directly overhead at some time of the year. Farther north, the noonday Sun will always be to the south.
How may degrees are there between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer?
The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5degrees south latitude.this is correct!
Why does kolkata experience noon sun exactly overhead twice a year?
Chennai is midway between the Equator and Tropic of Cancer.The sun is exactly overhead the equator at the equinox and then it starts moving gradually north towards the tropic of cancer passing through Chennai, it is exactly overhead at the tropic of Cancer on June 21st then it starts moving southwards towards Tropic of Capricon crossing Chennai again in the same year and is exactly overhead the Tropic of Capricon on sept 22
What does canerous mean?
Nothing.The "Tropic of Cancer" is a circle of latitude, an imaginary line parallel to the Equator, about 23° 26' north of the equator. It is at this latitude that the Sun appears exactly overhead at the summer solstice.South of the equator there is the "Tropic of Capricorn"The 'Cancer' and 'Capricorn' in these names comes from the constellation in which the sun would appear to be at the Summer and winter solstices respectively (if you could see the Sun and the stars at the same time then).
The zone between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn is called the?
Torrids or tropic.(They are both the same)
Give reasons for the two countries located on the tropic of cancer have the same time or not?
The Tropic of Cancer is not a time zone, it is a lattitude.
