Question

1. What is soltice.?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21. The seasons of the year are determined by reference to both the solstices and the equinoxes.

Answer 2

Answer:

• As the earth orbits around the sun in an elliptical path, its tilted axis results in the sunlight reaching the earth’s surface at various angles. This is the reason why the length of days and nights vary and are not the same anywhere in the world. there is a day called winter solstice and summer solstice .

Winter solstice

• The nights are longer than the days. It occurs On 22nd December.

• On 22nd December, the Tropic of Capricorn receives direct rays of the sun as the South Pole tilts towards it. As the sun’s rays fall vertically at the Tropic of Capricorn (23½° S), a larger portion of the Southern Hemisphere gets light.

Summer solstice

• The nights are longer than the days. It occurs Monday, 21 June.

• On 22nd December, the Tropic of Capricorn receives direct rays of the sun as the South Pole tilts towards it. As the sun’s rays fall vertically at the Tropic of Capricorn (23½° S), a larger portion of the Southern Hemisphere gets light.

       

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