"How Does Earth Move?Earth orbits the sun once every 365 days, or one year. The shape of itsorbit is not quite a perfect circle. It's more like an oval, whichcauses Earth's distance from the sun to vary during the year. Earth isnearest the sun, or at "perihelion," in January when it's about 91million miles away. Earth is farthest from the sun, or at "aphelion," inJuly when it's about 95 million miles away."So, note that the sun is farther from the earth in July, so how comeit's not colder then. Well, in the north, the sun hits the earth moredirectly, so the earth gets more rays per acre. So the two factorscompensate for each other. But doesn't that mean that in the southern hemisphere, when it's thesuns rays are hitting the earth obliquely and it's colder because ofthat, it's also farther from the sun, so it's colder because of thattoo. So the two factors reinforce each other. That is, doesn't thatmean the difference between summer and winter temperatures are greaterin the southern hemisphere than the northern? "Why Does Earth Have Seasons?Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted. Thus, the sun's rays hitdifferent parts of the planet more directly depending on the time ofyear.From June to August, the sun's rays hit the Northern Hemisphere moredirectly than the Southern Hemisphere. The result is warm (summer)weather in the Northern Hemisphere and cold (winter) weather in theSouthern Hemisphere."

In on Sat, 23 Nov 2019 16:36:46 -0500, micky wrote:BTW, I found this webpage because I was looking to learn more about theflat earth. As I suspected, the earth is shaped like a pizza pie. Scholars believe this means the earth was invented by Italians. Bear that in mind when you're digging for onions to put on your pizza.

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:47:05 -0700, rbowman wrote:I understand his wife was a solid stand up woman, the salt of theearth so to speak.

Do temperatures vary more in the sourthern hemisphere?

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Mark Lloyd 6 years ago

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That's farther than I usually get.

However, there are some interesting stories in there. At least when I was in 3rd grade and had no idea anyone took this stuff seriously.

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Sam E 6 years ago

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If there's a world where it's appropriate to bring politics into everything, it's definitely NOT this one.

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rbowman 6 years ago

I like the one about Lot and his nuclear family...

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gfretwell 6 years ago

I understand his wife was a solid stand up woman, the salt of the earth so to speak.

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