What Is a Tropical Year

question 241

Multiple Choice

What is a tropical year?

• A) It is the time between seeing the Sun directly overhead in the tropics (between latitudes N 23.5 and S 23.5) and next seeing it directly overhead again.
• B) It is twice the period of time defined in answer A.
• C) It is the time from one vernal equinox to the next.
• D) It is the time between having Polaris as the North Star and having Polaris again as the North Star, divided by 26,000.

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