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How much is the angular distance between tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn? Please answer!

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Answered by Anonymous
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The Tropic of Cancer is the most northern latitude on the Earth where the sun can appear directly overhead. The Tropic of Capricorn is the most southern latitude on the Earth where the sun can appear directly overhead. The Tropic of Cancer is currently positioned at approximately 23.4 degrees north of the Equator.

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Answered by hotelcalifornia
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Answer:

46.8738 degrees. is the "angular distance between the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn".

Explanation:

From the equator, both are lies on  23.43692 degrees. Hence the Angular distance between the two is 46.8738 degrees (2 x 23.437) of latitude. The distance between the tropics on earths surface: 60x 46.8738= 2812.43 minutes.

1 nautical mile is about= 1.852 km

Hence the actual distance(one surface) = 2812.43 x 1.852 = 528.62Km

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