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emmelaich on Oct 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Earth and Sun

.. which is defined to be between the tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn; 23°26′12.2″ north and south of the equator respectively.

TheSpiceIsLife on Oct 19, 2019 [–]

Which is because the earths axial tilt is that angle:

Earth's mean obliquity is currently 23°26′12.2″ (or 23.43672°) and decreasing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt

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