The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms. Vernal equinox (春分Chūnfēn) is the 4th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 0°and ends when it reaches the longitude of 15°. It more often refers in particular to the day when t...
Yue opera, Qin opera, Sichuan Opera, Pingju, Jin opera, Han Opera, Chaoju, min opera, Hebei Bangzi, Huangmei Opera, Hunan Huagu Opera There are more than 50 kinds of opera, especially Beijing opera, which is the most popular, all over the country and not limited by the region. But...
By the year 6430, perihelion will fall on the March equinox (March 20), according to Time and Date. Orbital precession is essentially a gradual shift of the perihelion point around the sun. Like a wobble of a spinning top, the perihelion point slides around the barycenter with every ...
We greet the first day of the new season with the spring equinox, but what is it, exactly? And why does the first day of spring change? We explain.
Equinoxes occur twice a year when the sun is directly above the equator, and signal herald the beginning of spring and autumn.
the nature of the march equinox provides a reason for an event at the same time all over the world. other events leading up to or following could be called earth festivals, or given other names. then events can complement each other and increase awareness and care for our planet and its ...
An equinox is the instant of time when the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun’s disk. In other words, the equinox is only a moment that marks when the Sun crosses the Earth’s equator.An equinox occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 ...
The vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere.
The Earth’s orbit is slightly elliptical—it’s a not-quite-perfect circle. When the Earth iscloser to the Sun, it travels more quickly along its orbit. The Earth’s spin axis is tilted—around the solstices, one of the Earth’s poles isleaning toward the Sun. Around theequinoxes, ...
An equinox is a period in a planet's orbit in which the orbit and position cause the Sun to pass over the equator. On Earth, an...