Normal Axis tilt 23.5 degrees |
Current Axis Tilt & new Tropic lines |
Posted on 08/23/2020 3:59:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Normal Axis tilt 23.5 degrees
Current Axis Tilt & new Tropic lines
(Excerpt) Read more at divulgence.net ...
“Today, on August 23, 2020 at noon, Earth’s axial tilt, or mean obliquity was 23.43659° or 23°26’11.7”.
Earth’s mean obliquity today is about 0.00001°, or 0.04”, less than 30 days ago.” https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/axial-tilt-obliquity.html
The obliquity is my favorite part. :^) Thanks oos.
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I'm sure it'll only have an effect on part of the Earth's surface, and... [sound of a huge avalanche, 'Civ's feed goes dead]
Thanks for the link!
My BS meter is pegged.
New York will flood. We will all die again?
The southern hemisphere is cooler by latitude than the northern hemisphere, due at least in part to the aphelion / perihelion — the Earth is closest to the Sun in the middle of the northern winter, making for warmer summers and cooler winters in the south, vice versa in the north. Also, most of the dry land is north of the Equator. And just to really have some fun, there’s stuff like this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chandlerwobble/index?tab=articles
Sounds like a *raft* of problems coming.
Yeah, I can see how something that's been in effect for millions of years would be difficult to accept.
You’re welcome, SunkenCiv.
Thanks for posting.
This article is stupid. The writer is clearly ignorant of science and astronomy.
Here is the key - when the sun is at the highest point in the sky (local noon) on March or Sept 21 (+/- a day or so) - for the Spring or Fall Equinox - the sun will be on the celestial equator. It will found above the horizion 90° minus the latitude. For Seattle area - 48° N - the sun will be 42° above the horizon. On the summer solstice - it will be 23.5° higher - or 65.5°.
The author of the article is talking about how far the sun is rising or setting at the horizon - WHICH IS IRRELEVANT. If we go above the Arctic Circle - we have the ‘Land of the Midnight sun’ - where the sun never sets for some part of the summer.
Every night I go out to do observational astronomy -I see that the celestial north pole is still within 1° of the north star -Polaris. The earth has NOT shifted its tilt any appreciable amount. I think scientists would be reporting this as HUGE news....but it has NOT happened.
Sounds like a *raft* of problems coming.
But not a survival raft.
Al Gore tried to warn us ...
And so begins the next great ice age
Thank goodness!
I thought the bourbon caused it.
This is really going to mess up the AAPL rally!
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