At the winter solstice, the sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
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At the winter solstice, the sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
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The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Capricorn
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The Tropic of Capricorn, one of the five major circles of latitude marked on maps of Earth, was named as such because the sun appeared directly overhead in the constellation Capricornus during the December solstice (the Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere).
These constellations were named around 2000 years ago, when the sun reached its southernmost latitude for the year at its zenith during the December solstice. These days, the sun is now in Sagittarius during the Winter Solstice at its southernmost point.
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