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Old June 4th 18, 08:37 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default Growing into a new approach

Planetary climate on a solar system scale is common to all planets regardless of composition or distance from the Sun so long as a planet has an atmosphere.

Planetary climate is contingent on the degree of inclination which in turns influences the rate of change in conditions across half an orbital circuit or indeed across a full circuit as a more comprehensive approach.

It takes nothing more that referencing the degree of inclination to the ecliptic plane within a spectrum between 0 degrees and 90 degrees. It is one area modelers should have no difficulty with so long as they are aware that the closer to the ecliptic plane, the greater the swings in surface conditions while an inclination like Jupiter 3 degrees generates little or no variations across half or a full orbit.

In this respect the Earth's inclination produces a fair variation so 'climate change' towards a 14 degree inclination would produce massive swings across greater range of latitudes. It is the only acceptable meaning of 'climate change'.