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Tropic of Capricorn

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Tropic of Capricorn parallel of latitude at 23°30′ south of the equator; it is the southern boundary of the tropics . This parallel marks the farthest point south at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon; south of the parallel the sun appears less than 90° from the northern horizon at any day of the year. The sun reaches its vertical position over the Tropic of Capricorn at about Dec. 22, the summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere. The term Capricorn comes from the Latin words caper [goat] and cornu [horn] and is the name given to one of the 12 constellations in the zodiac .

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Tropic of Capricorn

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | | Copyright

Tropic of Capricorn, novel in the form of a personal narrative by Henry Miller, first published in Paris in 1939 but because of censorship not printed in the U.S. until 1962.

In a form like that of Tropic of Cancer the autobiographical account describes the writer's boyhood in Brooklyn, his quest to discover himself by sexual experiences and by other means, and his fury at the faults he finds in many of the values and ways of life in the U.S.

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Capricorn, Tropic of

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Capricorn, Tropic of Line of latitude, c.23.27° s of the Equator which marks the southern boundary of the tropics. It indicates the farthest southern position at which the Sun appears directly overhead at noon. The Sun is vertical over the Tropic of Capricorn on about December 22, which is the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Tropic of Capricorn

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Tropic of Capricorn The latitude on Earth at which the Sun lies directly overhead at noon on the December solstice, when it reaches its most southerly declination. The Tropic of Capricorn lies at a latitude of about 23½° south.

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Capricorn, Tropic of

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Capricorn, Tropic of See tropic of capricorn.

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