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Old March 11th 18, 06:24 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default A rotating Earth with a proper inclination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_S...-tilt-23.4.gif

By right the rotation relative to the orbital plane should presently show a Southwest to Northeast rotation with the same 23 1/2 degree inclination as the South pole has turned across the fully illuminated face from September to this March.

Lovely to see at one time lapse showing the relationship between the Earth and the orbital plane but the current EPIC image of the Earth is otherwise with its abysmal zero degree inclination.

Whatever possesses the space agency to drift between spectacular accurate imaging to manipulated rubbish is a subject of a topic in itself yet there is nothing stopping these people from presenting an accurate relationship between rotational orientation and the orbital plane.