On Dec 17, 7:37*pm, oriel36 wrote:
As with daily rotation,somewhere it is orbital midday and *somewhere
else orbital midnight as the planet moves along it orbital
circumference and turns slowly and unevenly to the central Sun with
the orbital daylight/darkness cycle coincident with the orbital period
of the planet.In a few days,the polar coordinates will turn to their
respective positions of orbital midday (South pole) and orbital
midnight (North poles) where these points exist at a maximum distance
from the circle of illumination as they turn in a circle to the
central Sun.

The hemispherical terms of winter/summer solstice tends to obscure the
orbital noon/midnight terms insofar as at the poles where 6 months of
daylight follows 6 months of darkness puts the orbital cycle into
correct perspective,at least for those who now know it requires an
additional orbital component to explain the seasons.

The remaining 4 days will see the polar coordinates turn through
roughly 120 miles as they reach a peak distance from the circle of
illumination.An imaginary circle,like an orbital longitude line,
running around the Earth through North/South poles puts these
coordinates at orbital noon and midnight at the Solstice while it
takes only an imitation analogy to put the orbital componet in
perspective of the orbital motion of the planet.

There is nothing dour about this,if people can't enjoy the different
perspective then just leave it be or provide their own explanation as
to what happens to bring the December Solstice about.