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  2. Effect of Sun angle on climate - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, greater tilt means a lower minimum for the same maximum: less total annual surface insolation at the equator. At the poles (90° latitude), on the equinoxes and during polar night, the sun angle is always 0° or less no matter the axial tilt, while on the summer solstice, the maximum angle is equal to the tilt. Therefore, greater ...

  3. Earth's orbit - Wikipedia

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    By astronomical convention, the four seasons are determined by the solstices (the two points in the Earth's orbit of the maximum tilt of the Earth's axis, toward the Sun or away from the Sun) and the equinoxes (the two points in the Earth's orbit where the Earth's tilted axis and an imaginary line drawn from the Earth to the Sun are exactly ...

  4. Orbital inclination - Wikipedia

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    For a satellite orbiting the Earth directly above the Equator, the plane of the satellite's orbit is the same as the Earth's equatorial plane, and the satellite's orbital inclination is 0°. The general case for a circular orbit is that it is tilted, spending half an orbit over the northern hemisphere and half over the

  5. Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen. - AOL

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    In less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches. That shouldn't happen. So why did it?

  6. Milankovitch cycles - Wikipedia

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    22.1–24.5° range of Earth's obliquity. The angle of the Earth's axial tilt with respect to the orbital plane (the obliquity of the ecliptic) varies between 22.1° and 24.5°, over a cycle of about 41,000 years. The current tilt is 23.44°, roughly halfway between its extreme values.

  7. Earth's tilt explains seasons, more - AOL

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    Jun. 26—This week marks the end of June and we are heading rapidly around the sun. Because our planet has that interesting tilt to it, the northern hemisphere is collecting many hours of ...

  8. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth's axial tilt causing different angles of seasonal illumination at different orbital positions around the Sun. The axial tilt of Earth is approximately 23.439281° [2] with the axis of the plane of the Earth's orbit by definition pointing always towards the Celestial Poles. Due to Earth's axial tilt, the amount of sunlight reaching any ...

  9. Earth tilted 31.5 inches, a study finds. So whose fault is ...

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    The Earth's tilt is the reason for the seasons, stated NASA. So spring, summer, winter and fall would not exist without it. "Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun's most ...