240 sats \ 1 reply \ @doofus 21 Feb \ parent \ on: February is the last month of the year. history
Yes December 21 and 22 is the winter solstice and shortest day of the year depending on orbital eccentricity and axial tilt.
Correct over 50,000 years things have changed but man has tracked the great year 28,000 years twice in petroglyphs and cave paintings.
Basically within 10,000 years it was noticed that the Sun was in the lowest point in the northern hemisphere for 3 days. On the 25th the Sun was born to the new year and it began it's ascent into the sky.
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