Question: 3. what is the relationship between the tropic of cancer and the summer solstice?
Answer: The summer solstice occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, which is located at 23.5° latitude North, and runs through Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, and southern China. The sun will be directly over the Tropic of Cancer at 3:43 pm MDT on June 20, 2020.