Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist dropping a seasonal reminder: Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season!

#WinterSolstice #ReasonForTheSeason #AxialTilt #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist

@losttourist @WiteWulf

You've confused Terra with Uranus, I suspect. That's the leading hypothesis for Uranus's axial tilt, which is greater than a right angle. It works in simulations, although we don't have any observational data yet.

The axial tilt of Venus is nearly an entire half turn.

#astronomy #AxialTilt #Uranus #Venus

Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter essentially have no seasons due to their very small axial tilts, meaning they spin very nearly upright, resulting in minimal seasonal variations across their surfaces.

#science #sciencefacts #mercury #venus #jupiter #axialtilt #seasons

Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist dropping a seasonal reminder: Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season!

#WinterSolstice #ReasonForTheSeason #AxialTilt #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist

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Image description: Red and green globe on a tilted axis. Text under globe reads "Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season." Image via Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer

Happy solstice!

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