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Year's
shortest day Wednesday
Tuesday December 21, 2010 07:45:43 PM,
IANS
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New
Delhi: The Nehru Planetarium will organise an event at
Delhi's Jantar Mantar monument Wednesday to explain the phenomenon
of winter solstice - the shortest day of the year in the northern
hemisphere.
To be held in association with SPACE (Science Popularisation
Association of Communicators and Educators), experts will
demonstrate how to measure the sun's angle and the circumference
of the earth.
A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year,
when the tilt of the earth's axis is most inclined towards or away
from the sun, causing the sun's apparent position in the sky to
reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme.
The sun will be at its lowest point in the sky and it will be the
shortest day of the year for people living in the northern
hemisphere.
In New Delhi, sunrise and sunset will be at 7.09 a.m. and 5.29
p.m., respectively. Thus, Wednesday will see daylight for a little
over 10 hours.
To be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event at Jantar Mantar will
allow people to also learn about the instruments at the 18th
century observatory.
STEPL (Space Technology and Education Pvt. Ltd.) will also conduct
competitions for school students.
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