Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260432145
Author: Thomas T Arny, Stephen E Schneider Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 5TY
(1.2) In which of the following locations can the length of daylight range from zero to 24 hours?
- (a) Only on the equator
- (b) At latitudes closer than 23.5o to the equator
- (c) At latitudes between 23.5o and 66.5o north or south
- (d) At latitudes greater than 66.5o north or south
- (e) Now where on Earth
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Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
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