The assumption of rotation of the earth results in the simplest explanation
for each of the following:
-- Coriolis effect (rotation of high- and low-pressure weather systems)
-- apparent east-to-west motion of every astronomical object; sun, moon, planets, stars, etc.
-- rotation of the Foucault pendulum
-- intensity of meteor showers after local midnight vs. before local midnight
The Sun is not tilted in the way that some planets are; it rotates on its axis, but its axis is not significantly tilted relative to its orbit around the Milky Way galaxy. However, its axis is tilted slightly in relation to its orbit around the center of the galaxy.
No. For one thing, a plane is, by definition, 2-dimensional. The moon's orbit is tilted about 5 degrees relative to Earth's orbit.
Uranus is the planet that rotates on its side. Its axis is tilted at an angle of about 98 degrees relative to its orbit around the Sun, causing it to essentially roll on its side as it orbits.
Because Earths axis is tilted.
Mainly, there would be no seasons.
The earth's axis of rotation is tilted relative to the earth's path around the sun. As a result we are tilted towards the sun in the summer and away from the sun in the winter.
Earths tilted axis and its revolution around the sun
The Sun is not tilted in the way that some planets are; it rotates on its axis, but its axis is not significantly tilted relative to its orbit around the Milky Way galaxy. However, its axis is tilted slightly in relation to its orbit around the center of the galaxy.
Yes it is tilted at about 23.5 degrees
The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.44 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic.
Earth is tilted from it axis
Seasons And Climate
There would be no four seasons if the earths axis was not tilted.
No. For one thing, a plane is, by definition, 2-dimensional. The moon's orbit is tilted about 5 degrees relative to Earth's orbit.
Because the Earth is tilted on its axis of rotation relative to the plane around which it orbits the Sun.
The axis
The axis of the Earth is tilted 23.5 degress from the plane of the orbit round the sun.