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These most vertical rays can occur anywhere between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn. The tropic of cancer's most vertical rays occur at noon on the summer solstice, and vice versa.
There is a well in Cyene, a city in southern Egypt, where the sunlight casts no shadow at high noon. Eratosthenes the Greek, a librarian at Alexandria, used this fact to calculate the circumference of the earth.
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The sun's vertical ray is incident on latitude 23.5 N what date is that most likely to be?
june 21
Why are the sun ray more concentrated on the equtor?
why is the sun ray more concectrated on the equator
What causes earth's surface to heat?
The sun ray's are most responsible for Earth's surface temperature.
In India which city never gets the vertical rays of the sun?
There is no city in India that receives vertical rays of the sun. All receive slanting Actually there is no place on the earth that receives vertical rays of the sun. Some receive horizontal, some receive slanting and some receive very slanting.
What is a vertical rays?
the parallel of latitude 23½ degrees south latitude marking the southern limit of Sun's vertical rays
What is the duration of The Vertical Ray of the Sun?
The duration of The Vertical Ray of the Sun is 1.87 hours.
When was The Vertical Ray of the Sun created?
The Vertical Ray of the Sun was created on 2001-07-06.
The sun's vertical ray is incident on latitude 23.5 N what date is that most likely to be?
june 21
Where will the vertical ray of the sun strike on June 12 at noon?
It will be at the Tropic of cancer
At noon on June 21 the vertical ray of the sun strikes the earth at?
The sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer on the Summer Solstice.
The vertical ray of the sun moves between what two parallels of latitude?
tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn
What is the definition of vertical ray?
A Verticle Ray is a 90º angle ray that is at the equator when neither pole is tilted toward the Sun Ya Bish
How does the Sun's vertical ray change from the Winter Solstice to the Summer Solstice?
The vertical rays appear to move from the Tropic of Capricorn, across the Equator, to the Tropic of Cancer.
What is a horizontal ray?
Ray which cross vertical line is called horizental ray.... as simply u can see the gray line is vertical of my text
Most expensive sun glasses?
Ray bans
The vertical ray of the sun strikes the earth where?
It varies with the time of the year ; but it occurs at solar noon within 23 degrees of the equator (at the equator at the two equinoxes).
What season is the sun's ray the most direct in the northern hemisphere?
Summer
