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Ranking Task: Solar Ecliptic Path

This ranking task presents an ecliptic diagram with icons representing 5 locations (date/declinations) on the ecliptic. An observation latitude is randomly selected from (40° N, 8° N, 2° S, 30° S). Users are asked to rank the 5 ecliptic dates in terms of increasing or decreasing intensity of noon-time sunlight.

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