EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line, at an angle of 23.50 degrees North from the Equator, that passes through the middle of India. If you run this imaginary line around Earth (Yes, Flat-Earthlings, the Earth is spherical), it passes through 17 countries, India being one of them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tropic of Cancer is a parallel of latitude on the Earth, 23.5 degrees north of the equator. On the northern summer solstice/southern winter solstice (around the 21st June each year), the Sun reaches its most northerly declination of +23.5 degrees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tropic of Cancer, latitude approximately 23°27′ N of the terrestrial Equator. This latitude corresponds to the northernmost declination of the Sun’s ecliptic to the celestial equator.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tropic of Cancer: 23.5 degrees north of equator. Tropic of Capricorn: 23.5 degrees south of equator.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tropic of Cancer lies at 23d 26’ 22” (23.4394 degrees) north of the Equator and marks the most northerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead at noon. This event occurs at the June solstice, when the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun to its maximum extent.