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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,
Why north south distance is less than east west distance?
The planet Earth is not a perfect sphere and the length from pole to pole is slightly shorter than the distance at the Equator. The east-west distance around the Earth at the Equator (its circumference) is 40,075 kilometers or 24,901 miles. The circumference taken pole-to-pole (north-south distance) would be 40,008 km / 24,860 miles.This is due to the gravitational pull of Sun, which causes the Earth to be slightly squashed from North-South and stretched from E-W.
Does the sun go north or south in April?
In April, the sun appears to move northward in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere as it approaches the summer solstice. In the Southern Hemisphere, the sun moves southward as it approaches the winter solstice.
What are planets in order from greatest to least in distance from the sun?
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
This occurs when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
That's called a solstice.
Time of year when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of earths equator?
Summer and winter
What are the two day of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
June 21:Sun at solstice, farthest apparent distance north of terrestrial and celestial equators.December 21:Sun at solstice, farthest apparent distance south of terrestrial and celestial equators.
What are the two days of the year on which h the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
June 21:Sun at solstice, farthest apparent distance north of terrestrial and celestial equators.December 21:Sun at solstice, farthest apparent distance south of terrestrial and celestial equators.
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.
What is the term for the point at which the sun reaches it greatest distance north or south of the equator?
Those points on the map of the sky are the "solstices".
What is the term for point at which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
Those points on the map of the sky are the "solstices".
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 type of day occurs when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice respectively.
What is the sun's greatest distance from celestial equator?
About 23.5 degrees north of it on June 21, and about 23.5 degrees south of it on December 22.
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,
The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator?
The solstices. One of them is in June and the other in December, usually on the 21st of the month.
