print email comment close Seasons URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Seasons.html Description: Clear, detailed technical discussions of seasons, solstices, and equinoxes. Includes the exact dates when spring, summer, fall, and winter arrive. Debunks misconceptions about seasons and the superstition "that it is possible to stand an egg upright on its end [only] on the date of the equinoxes (and/or solstices)." Maintained by scientist Eric Weisstein. Author: Weisstein, Eric W. Publisher: Wolfram Research, Inc. Extra Keywords autumnal, vernal, analemma Library of Congress Subject Headings: LII classic content Seasons LII Database Information: Record 16354 created by Karen Schneider on 03/16/2004 Last modification on 03/22/2006 Published: 03/16/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16354