THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, A COMET IN 5 BC AND THE DATE …

The sun reaches it furthest point south of the equator on the Winter Solstice, 22 December, and from c. 1000 BC to c. AD 1000 this occurred when the Sun was in Capricornus. The latitude on Earth (23.5Ί south of the Equator) at which the Sun appeared overhead at noon on the Winter Solstice therefore became known as the Tropic of Capricorn. ................
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