Tropic of Cancer

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Tropic of Cancer

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The northern parallel of declination, approximately 23 degrees 27' from the celestial equator, reached by the sun at its maximum declination, or the corresponding parallel on the earth. It is named for the sign of the zodiac in which the sun reached its maximum northerly declination at the time the parallel was so named. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use