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Summer and Winter Solstice
Ccl471
06/29/05
Why is the longest day of the year the first day of summer? And the shortest day of the year the first day of winter? Shouldn't those days be in the middle of their seasons?
Many thanks,
C.L.
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The seasons are manmade inventions and can occur whenever th...
07/01/05
jnlomonte
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There is the influence of hystoresis: were the longest day i...
08/01/05
sarnian
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