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In my class I was asked when the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn were identified as two of the five great circles around the earth. Wikipedia has failed me on the question . Surely these go back before the Greeks who named them. I would like to impress my students with an answer and would appreciate whatever you can give me. The next one will probably be the equinoctial line. (Sigh!) Tom Goodrich
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