Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist dropping a seasonal reminder: Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season!
#WinterSolstice #ReasonForTheSeason #AxialTilt #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist
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.
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!