Then we wouldn't have much in the way of seasons. That would certainly have enormous impacts on how life evolved here.
The season
The tilt of earth's axis with respect to the ecliptic plane is the cause of the seasons.At any given time, the hemisphere adjacent to the pole tilted toward the sun is the one that experiences spring and summer, whereas the one adjacent to the pole tilted away from the sun is the hemisphere experiencing autumn and winter.
The axis of the Earth is tilted 23.5 degress from the plane of the orbit round the sun.
Axes aren't inclined, they are tilted. Orbital planes are inclined, and Jupiter's is inclined about 6 degrees from the Solar equator. Planes can also be inclined relative to the ecliptic or the invariable plane. Jupiter's axis is tilted about 3 degrees from the ecliptic.
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The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.44 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic.
The earth's axis is tilted to 23.48 degrees to the ecliptic plane
The season
Seasons. If the axis of the Earth's rotation wasn't tilted with respect to the ecliptic, there would be no "winter" or "summer". There's evidence to suggest that without our seasons, life on Earth would be PROFOUNDLY different.
Because Earths axis is tilted.
The tilt of earth's axis with respect to the ecliptic plane is the cause of the seasons.At any given time, the hemisphere adjacent to the pole tilted toward the sun is the one that experiences spring and summer, whereas the one adjacent to the pole tilted away from the sun is the hemisphere experiencing autumn and winter.
The tilt of earth's axis with respect to the ecliptic plane is the cause of the seasons.At any given time, the hemisphere adjacent to the pole tilted toward the sun is the one that experiences spring and summer, whereas the one adjacent to the pole tilted away from the sun is the hemisphere experiencing autumn and winter.
No. The Earth's orbit is absolutely parallel to the plane of the ecliptic. Of course, the Earth's orbit is DEFINED as the plane of the ecliptic, so this should be no surprise. All of the other planetary orbits are tilted to the plane of the ecliptic, but not by a whole lot. The Moon's orbit, for example, is tilted about 5 degrees to the ecliptic. The axis of the Earth's spin, however, IS tilted by 23.5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.
There would be no four seasons if the earths axis was not tilted.
The Earth's axis is tilted by about 23.5 degrees (more exactly 23 degrees, 26 minutes, 21.4119 seconds) with respect to the perpendicular to the plane of its orbit (the plane of the ecliptic)
The seasons are caused by the tilted axis and orbit. The axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane.
Earth is tilted from it axis