What is tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn ?
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Tropic of cancer is an imaginary line north of equator. Tropic of Cancer lie at 23.5 degrees latitude ie. at around 23.5° North of the equator. 90.0° degree lattitude is north pole. Sun travels north upto this line with direcly overhead then travels to south. The tropic of cancer runs thro Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, India, and southern China.The Tropic of Cancer is the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees north, where the sun is directly overhead at noon on June 21, the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. The Tropic of Capricorn is the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees south where the sun is directly overhead at noon on December 21, the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere. When the lines were named 2000 years ago, the Sun was in the constellation of Capricorn during the winter solstice and Cancer during the summer solstice (hence the names). Now due to the precession of the equinoxes the Sun is no longer in these constellations during these times, but the names remain.