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What is it called when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator?
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∙ 13y ago
It is called "an equinox" because on that day the Sun (nominally) spends as much time above the horizon as below the horixon all over the World.
This is a truth with modifications but close enough for general consideration.
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∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe Sun is farthest from the equator during the solstices or when summer and winter begin.
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This occurs when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
That's called a solstice.
Why is it that when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator it occurs a solstice?
The 'solstices' are not events and they're not calendar dates. They are thetwo points on the map of the stars that are the farthest north and south ofthe celestial equator that the sun can ever be. The sun reaches those pointsnear June 21 and December 22 of each year,
What point at which a planet is the greatest distance away from the sun in its orbit is called?
That is called apapsis or apoapsis. For orbits that are specifically around the Sun, the term aphelion is also used.
The places the Sun crosses the equator are called the?
equinoxes
What is the place on a planet that is closest to the sun called?
equator
This occurs when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
That's called a solstice.
When is the sun the greatest distance from the equator?
Summer and Winter Solstice
What is the point at which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or of the equator?
The points where the sun reaches the greatest distance north or south of the equator are called The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. At one time the sun was in those constellations when it reached those points. It has shifted due to precession of the poles. It will be back in them in about 20,000 years.
What season in the northern hemisphere when the sun reaches its greatest distance south of the equator?
When the sun is south of the equator, it would be winter in the northern hemisphere.
What are soltices?
Solstice:either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator .
Time of sun's greatest distance from equator?
"Solstices" ... June 21 and December 21.
What season begins in the northern hemisphere when the sun reaches its greatest distance south of the equator?
winter
What is the definition of soltice?
a solstice is the day when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.
What is it called when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
That happens at the time when the sun passes the "solstices", which are points on the map of the stars. Those days themselves are often called the solstices, but that's incorrect.
Time of year when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of earths equator?
Summer and winter
Which season begins in the northern hemisphere when the sun reaches its greatest distance south of the equator?
That would be "Winter".
What are the names of the times when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
Those are the solstices, two per year, when the Sun is at maximum declination.
