Re: Direction of the Earth's axis tilt in the x-y ecliptic plane?

William Hamblen wrote:
On 2006-03-20, canopus56 <canopus56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


So, I would guess that the northern hemisphere spends more time pointed
at the Sun than the southern hemisphere.


The first day of Spring is March 20, 2006, and the first day of Autumn
is September 23, 2006, in the northern hemisphere. March 20 to September
23 is 186 days, which is more than half a year. During the spring and
summer the hemisphere is turned toward the sun.


This effect would be even more pronounced with a greater eccentricity
of the earth's orbit about the sun.
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