The vernal equinox is the time of the year when:
A) Earth is at the closest point to the Sun in its elliptical orbit.
B) the Sun crosses the equatorial plane, or celestial equator, moving northward.
C) the Sun crosses the equatorial plane, or celestial equator, moving southward.
D) the Sun crosses the ecliptic plane.
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