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Seasons on Earth

Seasons on Earth. All Figures from http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html. By Diana L. Duckworth Rustburg High School Campbell County, VA. Three Factors Cause Seasons. Tilt of Earth at 23.5 degrees latitude Greater tilt - more extreme seasons Less tilt - less extreme seasons

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Seasons on Earth

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  1. Seasons on Earth All Figures from http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html By Diana L. Duckworth Rustburg High School Campbell County, VA

  2. Three Factors Cause Seasons • Tilt of Earth at 23.5 degrees latitude • Greater tilt - more extreme seasons • Less tilt - less extreme seasons • Revolution of Earth around Sun • Elliptical orbit • Perihelion - January • Aphelion - July • Parallelism of Axis of Rotation • Axis always points toward Polaris

  3. Tilt of Axis • Causes sun to be directly overhead at a different latitude each day • Summer Solstice @ 23.5N (~June 21) • More daylight & more intense radiation in Northern Hemisphere • Winter Solstice @ 23.5S (~December 21) • More daylight and more intense radiation in Southern Hemisphere • Equinox (twice a year) @ Equator • Days & Nights are 12 hours each everywhere

  4. Key to Figures • In the following illustrations, the dark area represents the 50% of the earth that is in darkness and the light areas represent the 50% of the earth that is in daylight. • In all figures, the sun can be considered to be in the geographic center of the image.

  5. Equinox 0Z

  6. Equinox 3Z

  7. Equinox 6Z

  8. Equinox 9 Z

  9. Equinox 12Z

  10. Equinox 15 Z

  11. Equinox 18Z

  12. Equinox 21Z

  13. Equinox 24Z

  14. Summer Solstice 0Z

  15. Summer Solstice 3Z

  16. Summer Solstice 6Z

  17. Summer Solstice 9Z

  18. Summer Solstice 12Z

  19. Summer Solstice 15Z

  20. Summer Solstice 18Z

  21. Summer Solstice 21Z

  22. Summer Solstice 24Z

  23. Winter Solstice 0Z

  24. Winter Solstice 3Z

  25. Winter Solstice 6Z

  26. Winter Solstice 9Z

  27. Winter Solstice 12Z

  28. Winter Solstice 15Z

  29. Winter Solstice 18Z

  30. Winter Solstice 21Z

  31. Winter Solstice 24Z

  32. Tilt of Axis Locates Key Latitudes • Tropic of Cancer - where Sun’s rays are vertical at Summer Solstice = tilt 23.5N • Tropic of Capricorn - where Sun’s rays are vertical at Winter Solsltice = tilt 23.5S • Arctic Circle - latitude of total daylight at Summer Solstice or darkness at Winter Solstice • 90 - tilt = 90N - 23.5N = 66.5N • Antarctic Circle - latitude of total daylight at Winter Solstice or darkness at Summer Solstice • 90 - tilt = 90S - 23.5S = 66.5S

  33. 7 AM Nov 7, 2004 Sun @ 16°28’ S

  34. Winter Solstice view from Sun

  35. Equinox view from Sun

  36. Summer Solstice view from Sun

  37. Summer Solstice view from Moon

  38. Equinoxview from Moon

  39. Winter Solstice view from Moon

  40. As the World Turns Rotation has nothing to do with seasons!

  41. Changes with the Seasons • Maximum elevation of sun & position in sky from Northern Hemisphere • June to December - gets lower & farther to South • December to June - gets higher & farther to North • Length of Daylight • June to December - daylight gets shorter • December to June - daylight gets longer

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