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What are some facts about Solstice and Equinox?

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Here are some facts i found!

1. The equinox marks the two times each year when day and night are the same length in all parts of the world.

2. An equinox is different from a solstice, where the sun hits its northernmost or southernmost position.

3. Solstices mark the beginning of summer (June) and winter (December).

4. Solstice is a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun.

5. an Equinox is a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun

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