ASTR 1101 : Test 1 Notes
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Summer solstice: june 21 when the sun reaches it"s highest point in the sky. Winter solstice: december 21 when the sun reaches it"s lowest point in the sky. Vernal (spring) equinox: march 21 when the sun rises due east and sets due. West (exactly 12 hours of sun, exactly 12 hours of darkness) Autumnal equinox: september 21 when the sun rises due east and sets due. Earth is closer to the sun in the summer than it is in the winter: false. The sun gives off more energy in the summer than it does in the winter: false. More sunlight reaches the earth in the summer than in the winter: false. The northern and southern hemisphere have the same season at the same time: false. In the summer the sun is high and we get more hours of direct sunlight. In the winter the sun is low and we get less hours of indirect sunlight.
