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The summer solstice corresponds to the point on Earth's orbit where our planet's North Pole points most nearly toward the Sun. The reverse is true at the winter solstice. At the . vernal (spring) and . autumnal equinoxes, day and night are of equal length, 12 hours. These are the times when, as seen from Earth (a), the Sun crosses the celestial ... ................
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