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Tintagelsea | 14:47 Sun 09th Dec 2007 | Crosswords
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imaginary circle on the celestial shere just over 23 degrees from equator
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Tropic.
Tropic?
The plane described is the Ecliptic and its high /low points on the celestial sphere are at the tropics Latitude (Cap. & Can.)
Tropic -
an imaginary circle on the celestial sphere about 23.5 North (Tropic of Cancer) or about 23.5 South (Tropic of Capricorn) of the equator.

Ecliptic -
The great circle in which the plane containing the centres of the Earth and Sun cuts the celestial sphere

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