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Is the earths axis rotation almost parallel to the plane of its orbit?
No; it's about 23 degrees off the plane of its orbit.
When the north end of earth axis is tilted toward the sun what will north america exprience?
when the south pole is pointed toward the sun, the northern hemisphere experiences winter, and the south hemisphere experiences summer. when the north pole is pointed toward the sun, the north hemisphere experiences summer, and the south experiences winter.
How big would an object have to be to knock earth off its tilt?
To "slightly" change the tilt of Earth's axis would not require a particularly large or fast-moving object. But to "seriously" alter the planet's orientation would require something with a large fraction of the Earth's mass, from one to five percent or more (the larger asteroids Vesta or Pallas for example). However, a collision of that magnitude would have much more serious environmental effects than merely shifting the tilt of the Earth.
Why is the Earth tilted at 23.5 degrees?
There is no consensus as to what caused the Earth to have an axial tilt of 23,5 degrees to the ecliptic (its orbital plane around the Sun). Most planets axes have some tilt, Uranus' axis tilts as much as 89 degrees!
What caused earth's axis to be tilted relative to the plane of the ecliptic?
What caused this obliquity (axial tilt) is still not clearly understood - and probably never will be. During the early periods of the Earths formation, slight differences in the distribution of matter may well have caused irregularities in the balance of the planet, but this is unlikely to have caused such a large tilt. The most likely explanation, is that early in the formation of the Earth, it was struck by a rogue planet - called Theia. (About the size of Mars). It struck, at an angle of about 45 degrees, (Debris from this collision made the Moon). This collision would almost certainly have pushed its obliquity (axial tilt) away from almost near vertical. We only have to look at Mercury and Venus to see that their tilt is almost near to vertical, It also seems, that the Moon also keeps the Earths tilt fairly constant. Without the Moon, the tilt would alter quite considerably over time. See related link for more information.
How many degrees off axis is the earth tilted?
The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees
How many degrees off of the plane of the earth's revolution is the plane of the moon's revolution?
5.1 degrees
Has the Earth ever been off its axis?
No.
What event moved the earth off its axis?
when the mars sized object slammed into the early earth and moved its axis and formed our moon.
Is it possible for earth to spin off its axis?
no it is not. the earth is straight up and down. so is the sun.
What would happen if the earth spun off it's axis?
Everyone would die.
Will the angle of earths axis change?
Only VERY slowly. The Earth is spinning like an enormous gyroscope, so it is very stable. But even the best gyros wobble a little, and we call this wobble "precession". Over a span of about 26,000 years, the Earth's axis wobbles in an enormous circle. One of the things this will cause is that in about 2,000 years, there will be no "north star"; the star Polaris, which is currently about 0.7 degrees off of "true north", will be about 5 degrees off of north. In 13,000 years, the bright star Vega will be pretty close to "north".
Is the earths axis rotation almost parallel to the plane of its orbit?
No; it's about 23 degrees off the plane of its orbit.
What does earth spin on besides a inmaginary line?
first off it's not imaginary its an orbit another thing the earth spins on is it's axis
What would happen if the moon always orbited directly above the equator?
As unlikely as this is, no one above or below the equator would ever see the moon.
When is the earth tilted?
The earth is alwaystilted.It so happens that its rotation axis is (at present) a little over 23 degrees off vertical relative to its plane of orbit, and this tilt maintains its angle even as Earth orbits the Sun. It is this tilt combined with the orbit around the sun that gives the earth its seasons as the sun's energy is directed towards the earth at different angles depending on Earth's current orientation relative to the sun.
Does it take the earth 400 days to orbit the sun?
First off, the Earth orbits the sun. Second off, no. The time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun is a year. A day is the time it takes the Earth to rotate on its axis.
