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Azerbaijan welcomes spring on March 20
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- 09 March, 2018
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Baku. 9 March. REPORT.AZ/ Starting date of spring in Azerbaijan was announced.
Khidir Mikayilov, Deputy Director of Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory named after Nasiraddin Tusi for Scientific Affairs (ANAS) told Report that astronomical spring will start on March 20 at 20:15:30.
He said that equinox occur during start of spring: "Length of night and day becomes equal at that time. The sun rotates on orbit and crosses the celestial equator. That is, it passes from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere, which is called spring equinox. So, length of night and day becomes equal and spring begins".
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