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The
Tropic of Cancer
is one of the five major
circles of latitude
(imaginary lines around the Earth) that are often marked on maps of the
Earth
. This is the
parallel
of
latitude
that is
23° 26' 22"
north of the
Equator
. At every June
Solstice
the Sun passes straight overhead on the tropic. This never happens anywhere north of the Tropic of Cancer.