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Is the direction that Earth's axis is tilted changing as Earth orbits the sun?
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∙ 9y ago
Yes and no. Through a phenomenon known as precession, the tilt of the Earth's axis walks through a cycle of about 26,000 years where the astronomical position of the north and south poles gradually changes. The tilt itself is constant, but the direction of the tilt is constantly changing.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt is the tilting of the Earth, that gives us our seasons. When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, the Sun's ray strike the north more directly, and it is Summer in the north, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
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What other factor contributes to earths seasons?
The earth's seasons are caused by the rotating earth tilting on its axis as it orbits round the sun. This tilting causes the sunlight to strike the earth at a low angle, causing winter in the hemisphere tilted away from the sun. Meanwhile, the hemisphere tilted towards the sun, receives the sunlight more directly, causing summer in the hemisphere tilted towards the sun.
If the Earth's axis was not tilted?
the earth would be weird.
Earths axial tilt is how many degree s to the plane of th ecliptic?
The earth's axis is tilted to 23.48 degrees to the ecliptic plane
Why does weather change during the year?
because the Earth is tilted and when it orbits, the Earth tilts in different directions causing parts of the world to be closer to the sun parts of the year, and further away from the sun other parts of the year... gosh i learnt this last year in year 7 -.-
Why does the temperature change during the seasons?
Because of how the earth faces the sun
Why are the seasons reversed in the northern and southern hemisphere?
Because Earths axis is tilted.
WHY DOES CLIMATE DIFFER FROM PLACE TO PLACE BECAUSE OF EARTHS SHAPE?
Because of Earth's shape and the fact that it spins with a tilted axis as it orbits the Sun.
What effect does the earths tilt have on the equator?
No effect at all. However the plane of the equator will be tilted to the same amount as the Earth as compared to the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sun. This plane is called "the ecliptic".
What is tilted with respect to the sun and the orbits of other planets?
Planet Uranus, it is tilted on its side by 98 degrees.
Date does the earth tilt?
The Earth is always tilted. That does not change. So every day it is tilted. You are thinking in terms of seasons. As it orbits the Sun the tilt in relation to the Sun is constantly changing which is how the seasons change. So there is no single date that can be given as an answer for that either.
Is earths axis is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees?
Yes it is tilted at about 23.5 degrees
Which have the most elliptical and tilted orbits?
Oort cloud comets
What planet is tilted with respect to the sun and orbits of other planets?
Planet Uranus, it is tilted on its side by 98 degrees.
How is the earths sphere tilted?
The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.44 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic.
What is the earths slant called?
Earth is tilted from it axis
What does earths tilted axis affect?
Seasons And Climate
What would be the effect on earth if the planets axis were not tilted?
There would be no four seasons if the earths axis was not tilted.
