SUMMERSOLSTICE

Summer solstice

The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the sun is 23° 26'. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.

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summer solstice

Noun

  1. The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.


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