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How come we get one summer in a year when earth is revolving in an elliptical orbit around the sun?
Two problems here. First, what causes the seasons. Second, the shape of the earth's orbit. FIRST: CAUSES OF THE SEASONS. The seasons on earth are caused by the tilt of the earth's axis, not by distance from the sun. In fact, in the Northern Hemisphere, the earth is farther from the sun during summer than during winter. Summer occurs when the hemisphere where you live is tilted toward the sun. The sun's rays strike the surface of the earth more directly, and the sun remains above the horizon longer, resulting in greater heating of that part of the earth. Winter occurs when the hemisphere where you live is tilted away from the sun. The sun's rays strike the surface more obliquely, and the sun remains above the horizon for less time each day than in the summer. The result is less heating of that part of the earth. SECOND: THE SHAPE OF EARTH'S ORBIT. The earth's orbit around the sun is pretty nearly circular. It is only very slightly elongated. The distance from the earth to the sun varies between about 147 million kilometers and 152 million kilometers. The difference of five million kilometers sounds like a lot, but it is only three percent of the total distance. This difference in distance does not make a great difference in the warmth or coldness of any part of the earth. But even in the case of an object in a greatly elongated orbit, it still only approaches close to the sun once per "year." The sun is not located at the apparent center of the orbit, but at one of the two foci of the ellipse. This is true of the earth as well, although our orbit is not greatly elongated. The earth approaches "closer" to the sun only once per year, which happens to be at the depth of the Northern Hemisphere's winter (January 2 or 3). There is an odd side effect of the eccentricity of the earth's orbit that you might not read about very often. Any object in orbit moves more rapidly when closer to its parent body and more slowly when farther away. The earth is moving at its fastest during the northern winter, and at its slowest during the northern summer. Thus, the winters in the Northern Hemisphere are a few days shorter than winters in the Southern Hemisphere. Here's another oddity related to the speed of the earth in its orbit. Since the earth is moving faster during our northern winter, and earth's orbit and it's rotation are both counter-clockwise, the solar day (a day measured exactly from one transit of the sun to the next) is a little longer during the winter than it is during the summer. This is not to be confused with the length of daylight during a given day which of course is shorter during our winter. See link for more details.
What was Apollo 13's nickname?
Odessy (Odd-essy)
Would you want to be mooned by someone?
no that's just odd
What does this mean eccentric?
Eccentric means to be out there a bit odd or different from other people
How many people disappeared from 'Mary Celeste'?
Ten people are known to have disappeared from the half brig Mary Celeste. The disappearances took place in November 1872 sometime after or while the hermaphrodite brig in question was passing the Azores. The course was a bit odd since typical shipping routes rounded the Azores off the archipelago's southern coasts whereas Mary Celeste was traveling off the northern shorelines.
When the constellation Orion visible from the northern hemisphere?
If you don't mind interrupting your sleep and going out to look for it at odd hoursof the night, Orion is visible somewhere in the sky at some time of night duringthe whole year, except for roughly the month of June.
Why is it hot in the northern hemisphere if its cold in the southern hemisphere?
because the earth rotates and of corse the world is made up of different climates like in Mexico in the summer it rains its just odd but that's just life and you gotta go with it
What is a good sentence with the word odd?
That person has an odd personality. That building looks odd. What an odd hairstyle!
What is greek for mind read?
it looks odd but... νου διαβάσετε
What is an odd thing about cyclones?
Cyclones are clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and anticlockwise in the Northern. A good article in wikipedia.org "Tropical Cyclone" will give you all the gen, together with a world map showing the areas most subject to them. (SE Asia). Check it for hurricane Tip.
When do the racers use the northern trail when do they use the southern trail?
On odd years is the Northern trail and on even years is the Southern years
What does mi negrito mean?
Odd as it looks... it means "My little black pimp".
Pick the odd one out Canberra New York Vienna Madrid?
* Canberra could be the odd one out because it is the only city in the Southern hemisphere. * New York could also be the odd one out because it is the only city that is not a nationalcapital
How do you put odd keystone in Halloed Tower in Pokemon Diamond?
You walk up to the crumbled tower and press "A" and it will say the odd keystone looks like it will fit.
Why does the northern border of minnesota have a spike?
That just the way it is. There are odd shapes of country borders everywhere.
What years do they run the northern route for the iditarode?
The Iditarod is ran on the northern route on even years. The northern route has more villages along it than the southern route ran on odd years.
Can men wear pom-pom socks?
Yes,why not,I do,get some odd looks usually from women.
