What happens to earths axis of rotation as earths axis of rotation as earth orbits the sun?

Answer 1

For all intents and purposes, the orientation of earth's axis remains the same during the year. This accounts for the fact that the north pole is always oriented toward Polaris, the North Star. This is basically because the earth's rotation turns it into a big gyroscope. Over long periods of time we detect a 'wobble' in this orientation, but you would need extremely sensitive equipment to detect this wobble unless you are observing over hundreds or thousands of years. The wobble is one kind of what is called precession.

Answer 2

Mostly, nothing. The Earth's spin makes it like an enormous gyroscope, and it is quite stable. The Earth's axis does wobble, a movement called "precession", but the wobble takes 26,000 years to complete one cycle.

Answer 3

Mostly, nothing. The Earth's spin makes it like an enormous gyroscope, and it is quite stable. The Earth's axis does wobble, a movement called "precession", but the wobble takes 26,000 years to complete one cycle.

Answer 4

Nothing happens to the axis in the course of a year. It stays pointed toward the

same spot in the sky, near the North Star.

But since the axis is not "straight up and down" compared to the Earth's orbital plane,

it turns out that the north pole is tilted toward the sun when we're on one side of the

orbit, and away from the sun when we're on the other side. It's this variation that's

responsible for seasons in the north and south Temperate Zones. The axis itself

stays put, always pointing in the same direction.