The longest night of the year occurs closest to the

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To analyze the question, I’ll evaluate each answer option in turn and explain why it is correct or incorrect.
Option 1: 'fall Equinox' — An equinox is when day and night are approximately equal in length. Neither the fall nor the spring equinox yields the longest or shortest night; they are near equal days and nights, around 12 hours each. Therefore this is not the correct choice for the longest night.
Option 2: 'Winter Solstice' — The winter solstice marks the day with the shortest duration of daylight in the year in the Northern Hemisphere, which corresponds to the longest night. This aligns with the concept of the longest night occurring closest to this date, making it a strong candidate for the correct answer.
Option 3: 'spring Equinox' — Similar to the fall equinox, the spring equinox features roughly equal day and night lengths. It does not represent the longest night, so this option is inaccurate.
Option 4: 'Summer Solstice' — The summer solstice is the date of the longest daylight, i.e., the shortest night. It is the opposite of the longest night, so this option is incorrect.
Drawing all options together, the candidates that describe equal day and night are wrong for longest night; the one that aligns with the shortest day (and thus longest night) is the winter solstice. The reasoning hinges on the relationship between solstices and equinoxes and how day length varies with Earth’s tilt across the seasons.

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