solstitial points
solstitial points
See solstices.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
solstitial points
[sälz′tish·əl ′pȯins] (astronomy)
Those points of the ecliptic that are 90° from the equinoxes north or south at which the greatest declination of the sun is reached.
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