Home > Terms > Spanish, Latin American (XL) > solsticio de invierno

solsticio de invierno

The time when the sun is at its southernmost point in the sky, the greatest possible distance from the celestial equator in the Northern Hemisphere. The winter solstice annually occurs around December 21st or 22nd, and in 2010 is especially noted for the red lunar eclipse that will accompany it.

0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Astronomy
  • Category: Solar system
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Gabriela Lozano
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 7

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Photography Category: Professional photography

mesa de luz

box of fluorescent tubes balanced for white light and covered with translucent glass or plastic. Used for viewing, registering or correcting film ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Nikon Digital SLR's Camera

Category: Technology   1 22 Terms

5 Cities With Extremely High Homeless Figures

Category: Other   1 7 Terms

Browers Terms By Category