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Question about cause of winter
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1485413:MV8yMDYwMzU4XzM0NjYyOTcwXzE5NjQzQzgx] [quote:MuzzleBreak:MV8yMDYwMzU4XzM0NjYxODcwX0ExM0Y5NTg=] Yes. It's 6 of tilt and half-dozen of daylight. Seriously, it's the daylight time. if we didn't have planetary rotation and orbited the sun the way that the moon does Earth, the daylight side would be boiling even with the tilt, and the dark side would be freezing. At the same time, the southern hemisphere would be hotter on the sun-side, and nearly as cold on the dark side at the same point in orbit. Then reverse it in 6 months. [/quote] :dasbier: Thanks... for that last part, you're saying there'd be basically 2 seasons if there was no rotation -- boiling and freezing, respectively -- at a 6-month rotation of each? :) [/quote]
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What percentage of the following 2 factors contributes to winter:
1) the tilt of the earth away from the sun (less direct exposure)
2) less daylight hours
Is it 90/10, 80/20 or...?
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