The subsolar point on a planet or a moon is the point at which its Sun is perceived to be directly overhead (at the zenith); that is, where the Sun's...

\phi _{s}} is the latitude of the subsolar point, λ s {\displaystyle \lambda _{s}} is the longitude of the subsolar point, T G M T {\displaystyle T_{\mathrm...

latitudes and longitudes, or coordinates, of the subsolar point and the observer's point, then the upward-pointing unit vectors at the two points, S {\displaystyle...

solstice the subsolar point is further south than any other time: at latitude 23.44° south, known as the Tropic of Capricorn. The subsolar point will cross...

shadow. When this occurs at a given location, the location is Earth's subsolar point. A zero shadow day occurs twice a year for locations in the tropics...

year. On the equinoxes (approximately 20 March and 23 September) the subsolar point crosses Earth's equator at a shallow angle, sunlight shines perpendicular...

times when the subsolar point is on the equator, meaning that the Sun is exactly overhead at a point on the equatorial line. The subsolar point crosses the...

day). The shadow points towards Mecca because the Sun path makes the subsolar point travel through every latitude between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic...

means that the tropical zone includes everywhere on Earth which is a subsolar point at least once during the solar year. Thus the maximum latitudes of the...

(or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost...

March equinox or northward equinox is the equinox on the Earth when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator...

area incident on the Earth's upper atmosphere. It is measured facing (pointing at / parallel to) the incoming sunlight (i.e. the flux through a surface...

directly overhead and no shadows are cast. This occurs at Earth's subsolar point, a point which moves around the tropics throughout the year. The elapsed...

Pole, so its declination would be +90°. For the next few months, the subsolar point would move toward the South Pole at constant speed, crossing the circles...

Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function. Renewable Energy, 172, 1333-1340. DOI: https://doi...

to install the relevant sensors on the dark side of the satellite. Subsolar point Ground track Colongitude Lunar grazing occultation Lunar phase Mackenzie...

Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function. Renewable Energy, 172, 1333-1340. DOI: https://doi...

Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The point where this occurs is known as the subsolar point. In Islamic astronomy, the passing of the Sun over...

term meridian comes from the Latin meridies, meaning "midday"; the subsolar point passes through a given meridian at solar noon, midway between the times...

Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function. Renewable Energy, 172, 1333-1340. DOI: https://doi...

culminations. Earth's subsolar point occurs at the point where the upper culmination of the Sun reaches the point's zenith. At this point, which moves around...

The shadow of a sundial moves clockwise on latitudes north of the subsolar point and anticlockwise to the south. During the day at these latitudes, the...

a unit of volume) of 3×1011 m−3 is reached in the v2 layer near the subsolar point. The upper boundary of the ionosphere (the ionopause) is located at...

Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function". Renewable Energy. 172: 1333–1340. Bibcode:2021REne...

100 RJ (where RJ=71,492 km is the radius of Jupiter) at the subsolar point—the unfixed point on the surface at which the Sun would appear directly overhead...

ice, which is enabled by a temperature of up to 165 K, reached at a subsolar point. Such sublimation of water or other volatiles from the dirty ice that...

After then, the center of the Sun at the high point, the zenith, of the sky (which makes for the subsolar point beneath) aligns with successive latitudes...

Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function". Renewable Energy. 172. Elsevier BV: 1333–1340....

magnetopause. The magnetopause distance from the planet's center at the subsolar point varies widely from 16 to 27 Rs (Rs=60,330 km is the equatorial radius...

centered on the point on the globe at which the sun (in the case of a solar observation) is directly overhead, the subsolar point. As the circle has...