Talk:Tropic of Capricorn
The following discussion has been moved from Wiktionary:Requests for verification (permalink).
This discussion is no longer live and is left here as an archive. Please do not modify this conversation, but feel free to discuss its conclusions.
Tropic of Cancer[edit]
Rfv-sense: The parallel of latitude 23°30′south/north of the equator, marking the southern/northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the winter/summer solstice.
The phrases in these senses "the sun is directly overhead at the ______ solstice" is only true for Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere those seasons are reversed. Would the sense be improved by stating "the sun is directly overhead at the southern/northern summer solstice." ?? Or should the senses make clear that both are only true from the northern point of view: "the sun is directly over head at the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere." - Amgine/ t·e 14:08, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
- The easiest solution would be to say "December solstice" and "June solstice". —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 14:46, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
- ++. - Amgine/ t·e 14:48, 21 December 2017 (UTC)