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Question
Spot the error in the diagram given below.
Short Answer
Solution
The following are the errors in the above diagram:
- In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is shown by 22nd December.
(It should have been shown by 21st June.) - Spring Equinox: 21st March.
- In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is shown by 21st June.
(It should have been shown by 22nd December.) - In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice is wrongly shown.
(It should have been shown as the winter solstice.) - In the southern hemisphere, the winter solstice is wrongly shown.
(It should have been shown as the summer solstice.)
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