Solstice | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-26

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:01:29 1 Definitions and frames of reference
00:05:10 2 Relationship to seasons
00:07:41 3 Cultural aspects
00:07:51 3.1 Ancient Greek names and concepts
00:10:45 3.2 English names
00:12:50 3.3 Solstice terms in East Asia
00:14:53 3.4 Solstice celebrations
00:19:29 3.5 Solstice determination
00:21:44 4 In the constellations
00:22:10 5 On other planets
00:23:16 6 See also
00:23:45 7 References
00:24:41 8 External links



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A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21. The seasons of the year are determined by reference to both the solstices and the equinoxes.
The term solstice can also be used in a broader sense, as the day when this occurs. The day of a solstice in either hemisphere has either the most sunlight of the year (summer solstice) or the least sunlight of the year (winter solstice) for any place other than the Equator. Alternative terms, with no ambiguity as to which hemisphere is the context, are "June solstice" and "December solstice", referring to the months in which they take place every year. The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and sistere ("to stand still"), because at the solstices, the Sun's declination appears to "stand still"; that is, the seasonal movement of the Sun's daily path (as seen from Earth) stops at a northern or southern limit before reversing direction.