05-11-13, 11:02 PM
(05-11-13, 08:24 AM)richfzs link Wrote: Being closer to, or further away from, the sun has got foc all to do with it. The difference, in percentage terms, is tiny.Thick as I am the initial statement is flawed. If you change the angle of a,surface (the earth) to a fixed point (the sun) the distance of the sun will increase along the line of the surface. Thus changing the angle. So distance no matter how insignificant must play a part.
What is important, is the tilt from the vertical axis. Think on a beam of light, and for arguments sake, every beam of light is a foot wide. When that beam of light is aimed squarely at a surface, it covers an area a foot wide - but if you start to tilt the surface it's hitting, it suddenly covers a bigger area. So the energy it contains is spread thinner, less energy for a given area, hence it's cooler.
When we're tilted towards the sun, we have summer, and vice versa.
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