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Tropic of Cancer

NOUN
  1. a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator

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  • It lies in the southeast of Asia and sits astride the Tropic of Cancer.
  • Australia is actually antipodal to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, straddling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Tropic of Cancer between the Canary Isles and the Sargasso Sea.
  • Two years after Tropic of Cancer? The Times Literary Supplement
  • During colonial times, the proximity of many of these storms to the autumnal equinox led early Americans to call them "equinoctial" storms or "line" storms, thought to be a reference to the tropic of cancer, the imaginary "line" near the hurricane breeding zone that encircles the world at approximately 23 ½ degrees N. latitude (it slowly changes position over time). Otto may form, but tropical season slowing?
  • A flexible spring bends from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn to reveal the part of the Earth lit by the Sun and to indicate the time and place of sunrise and sunset. Boing Boing
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