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line of solstices MIL

solstice <a solstice; solstices> N

summer solstice

winter solstice <a winter solstice; winter solstices> N

winter solstice MIL

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Two golden arcs along the sides, marking the angle between the solstices, were added later.
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The entrance to the tomb is oriented to the southeast, which allows sunlight to reach the interior on the summer and winter solstices.
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Other holidays are the two solstices and the two equinoxes.
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These complexes are oriented and aligned according to specific astronomical events (primarily the sun's solstices and equinoxes) and are thought to have been observatories.
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They observed periodic calendrical rituals celebrating events such as solstices, and different centers were used for different astronomical events.
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He charged that the then current notion of fixed equinoxes and solstices was also wrong.
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They seem to have been deliberately selected and placed at specific points in the circle that mark certain calendrical events (sunsets and solstices related to the four seasons, for example).
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However, the most common are those around the equinoxes and solstices.
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It is likely that he was not the first to determine the solstices, because no calculation is necessary.
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Also, since perihelion and aphelion do not happen on exactly the same dates as the solstices, the maxima and minima are slightly asymmetrical.
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