Why are the first days of summer and winter called the solstices?

Answer 1

The summer and winter solstices occur when the earth tilts on it's axis. The sun crosses the line of the Tropic of Cancer (summer) and Capricorn (winter).The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year.

Answer 2

The first days of summer and winter are called solstices because they mark the moments when the Sun reaches its highest and lowest points in the sky relative to the celestial equator. This results in the longest day in summer and the shortest day in winter, making them significant astronomical events.

Answer 3

The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. In the northern hemisphere, this is generally around December 21, but this can vary a day either way depending on the cycle of leap years. In the Southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs around June 21.

Answer 4

That completely depends on where you are.

-- On the equator, the difference is very small.

-- As you move farther from the equator either north or south,

the difference becomes greater.

-- At the north and south poles, every day is the same length,

namely 6 months, followed by 6 months of night.

Answer 5

In North America and Australia, the term used to describe a regular run of episodes is a television season or simply, season.

For example, a season of a television series might consist of 20-26 episodes broadcast regularly between September and May with a Hiatus_(television) during the (New_Year's_Eve) holidays.

Alternatively, it may comprise 20-26 consecutive episodes between September and December or January and May.

The latter is often referred to as a "non-stop season", which are usually used for Serial_(radio_and_television) television series (e.g., 24_(TV_series)and Lost_(TV_series)). Another example might be a series that airs only a 6-13 episode season during the summer.

*Maybe you mean seasons such as summer winter ??

The word season means a period of time. So the seasonsrefers to those periods of time when the weather has similar characteristics of temperature and rainfall.

Answer 6

Due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. At some times a greater portion of the latitude an observer on Earth has is illuminated and so it remain in sunlight for a larger portion of the revolution of the planet.

Answer 7

On or around June 21 each year, the rays of the sun will be perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer at 23°30' North latitude. This day is the summer solctice in the Northern Hemisphere. On this day, the earth's "circle of illumination" will be from the Arctic Circle on the far side of the earth (in relation to the sun) to the Antarctic Circle on the near side of the earth. The equator receives twelve hours of daylight, there's 24 hours of daylight at the North Pole and areas north of 66°30' N, and there's 24 hours of darkness at the South Pole and areas south of 66°30' S. June 20-21 is start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere but simultaneously the start of winter in the Southern Hemisphere. It's also the longest day of sunlight for places in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day for cities south of the equator. However, June 20-21 is not the day when the sun rises earliest in the morning nor when it sets latest at night. As we'll see - the date of earliest sunrise or sunset varies from location to location. as sun's rays fall perpendicular to tropic of cancer the sunlight remains in the northern hemisphere for a longer time which causes the longest days

Answer 8

The shortest day of the year is the Winter Solstice, which is December 21 or 22 in the northern hemisphere.

South of the equator, the Winter Solstice happens on June 21 or 22. (The exact date depends on the cycle of leap years.)

Answer 9

Earth's rotational axis is tilted. Thus as it orbits the sun the length of the day varies. In either hemisphere the daylight hours are shortest during the winter season, and longest in the summer.

The length of the full day/night cycle does not vary by season, but is affected (very minutely) by other factors.

Answer 10

The soltices are the passing of the sun over the equater in december the 1st day of winter in areas North of the equater and the first day of Summer South of the equater . In June the same things happens again but in reverse. June summer North of the equater and Winter sout