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How does the altitude of the sun appear to change from seasons to seasons?
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∙ 11y ago
It's the Earth that's making the Sun appear to do that. The tilting of the Earth's axis changes. During the spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth is tilted towards the Sun & in the fall & winter it's pointed away from it. It's part of the reason it changes from warm to cold. Not as much of the Sun light is reaching the Northern Hemisphere during the cooler seasons.
Riley Wolf
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∙ 16y agoIn the most general terms: The sun's altitude varies because of the earth's tilt on its axis. This tilt faces the same spot in space (pretty closely) as the earth orbits the sun. If you live south of the Arctic Circle and north of the Tropic of Cancer, the sun never reaches 90 degrees (directly overhead) and never stays below the horizon at solar noon. The nearer to the Tropic you get, the higher the sun can get during transit. If you live north of the Antarctic Circle and south of the Tropic of Capricorn, the above is true for you as well. If you live between the Tropics, (or in the tropics) there will be at least one day a year (one day if you are right on one of the tropics; 2 days every place else) when the sun will be directly overhead at solar noon, and throughout the year the sun will transit (reach its highest altitude of the day) at no less than roughly 43 degrees. Between the arctic/antarctic circles and the poles, the sun is always low. You would experience everything from round-the-clock sunlight in your summer to round-the-clock night in your winter. Right at the poles, the highest altitude the sun can reach would be I think about 23 degrees 26 minutes 18 to 22 seconds, because this close to the degree of the earth's tilt.
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How does altitude of the solar noon sun change from December 21 to June 21?
the tilt goes towards the sun, the seasons chang from winter to summer
The constellations you see from earth appear to change as the?
Earth revolves around the sun. That is why the constellations we see from Earth appear to change.
The sun's revolutions cause the seasons.?
The sun's revolutions cause the seasons.
What causes seasons to change in the northern and southern hemisphere as the earth revolves the sun?
earth rotation on axis
How does the axis cause the change seasons?
Because the Earth tilts slightly away from the sun and then back, an North or S hemisphere gets warmer or cooler resulting in the different seasons.
How does altitude of the solar noon sun change from December 21 to June 21?
the tilt goes towards the sun, the seasons chang from winter to summer
How does the altitude of the sun at solar noon appear to change each day for an observer at New York state?
the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
We have seasons because sometimes the earth is closer to the sun?
The seasons do not change based on how close the earth is to the sun. The seasons change based on the rotation of the earth on its axis.
What causes the sun to be higher in the sky at noon in the summer?
The motions of the earth in its orbit of the Sun are kind of like a wobbling spinning top. This causes the Sun's noon position to appear to change over the seasons.
Why does the sun's altitude in the sky change through the year?
The earth revolves around the sun.
Why does the sun's altitude in the sky change through out the year?
The earth revolves around the sun.
Why does the altitude of the sun varies with seasons?
Earth's axis is tilted 23.44°. This has the effect of making the sun low on the horizon during winter, and higher during the summer.
Why is the earths seasons changed?
The seasons change NOT because the Earth rotates, but because of our revelution around the sun. It is summer when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. the seasons have nothing to do with the distance to the sun. the Eath is closest to the sun in winter.
How does earths revolution around the sun relate to the seasons?
It relates because after every orbit the seasons change
What are the seasons of the earth caused by?
the earth spins on its axis changing the distances from the sun that's why our temperature and seasons change.
Why do temperature change in the seasons?
The temps change because in the axis is facing away from the sun or toward it.
How does the daily path of the sun across the sky change with the season?
The Sun's path in the sky will appear to change as a year passes. This path resembles a figure eight. The path is curved due to Earth's tilted axis. The path is long because the Earth makes an oblong orbit around the Sun. The path is technically called a Analemma. The movement of the sun isn't what causes the change of seasons on earth. It is the movement of the earth around the sun and the fact that the axis of rotation of the earth is not perpendicular to the plane of solar rotation that gives rise to the changes we see as the seasons.
