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Why does the winter solstice happen?

April 26, 2017solstice winter

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Why does the winter solstice happen?

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The summer solstice is when ‘the pencil above the table’ – the axis of rotation – is facing the sun (it is now winter in the southern hemisphere which is pointing away form the sun). The winter solstice is when ‘the pencil above the table’ – the axis of rotation – is facing away from the sun (it is now summer in the southern hemisphere which is pointing towards the sun).