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The degree of tilt is 23.5 degrees.

This is not fixed, but varies over thousands of years from 21 degrees to 28 degrees. Currently, it is reducing to 21 degrees. This variation in 'wobble' is called 'precession'.

It you have a child's spinning top or a gyro, that can be made to spin. Set it spinning and you will notice that it does not stand 'upright' on it axis, but 'wobbles'. The Earth does exactly the same in space on its orbital track about the Sun.

Because of one wobble by the Earth will affect the amount of solar radiation received by the Earth, and thereby possibly affect 'climate change'. There is nothing mankind can do about that!!!!!!

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