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What is Capricornus' relation to the winter solstice?

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The tropic of Capricorn takes its name from this constellation [Capricornus], in which the winter solstice was located about 2,000 years ago. Now, because of the precession of the equinoxes , the winter solstice has moved westward into Sagittarius.

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