10 Facts about New Year
© 2022 By Anne Buckle and Vigdis Hocken
Did you know that people toast the New Year at 38 different times during 26 hours around the globe? Here are ten fun facts while you wait for 2023 …
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Many of us would welcome more daylight on the shortest day of the year. So here’s some good news: the year’s shortest day is becoming longer (but only by a few seconds).
The December solstice—when the North Pole is at its maximum tilt away from the Sun—is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It can fall on December 20, 21, 22, or 23 ….
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A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth; also called perigee. A Super Full Moon looks around 12% to 14% bigger.
This Supermoon is happening on 14-Nov-2016 and will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since 25-Jan-1948.
The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on 25-Nov-2035 (times in UTC).
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… as we pass through the tail of Halley’s Comet.
It takes around 75 years for Halley’s Comet to orbit the sun. But every April and October earth moves through the comet’s long tail of debris producing quite the light show when that debris burns up in our atmosphere.
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It must be time to unleash the Titans: five of the planets in our Solar System will align diagonally in the predawn night sky starting tomorrow, Wednesday, 20-Jan-2016, morning.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be visible with the naked eye starting Continue reading Unleash the Titans
In the family of planets that make up our solar system, Venus is a peculiarity among peculiarities. The roughly Earth-sized but scorching planet has an average surface temperature of 462C (864F) and an atmosphere composed almost entirely (96.5%) of carbon dioxide.
As far as planetary extremes go, Continue reading Did you know: Which Planet’s Days Are Longer Than Its Years?
