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The extreme axial orientation of Uranus can ease the difficulty in
spotting the same orbital dynamic for the Earth in modifying the reason for the seasons http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...anus_5year.jpg Even with familiarity,the practice of extracting axial orientation and determining the shift in orbital orientation can be problematic but the change will occur in accordance at a rate determined by Keplerian orbital geometry and speed - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...0060317b_b.jpg The length of daylight/darkness remains the same at the Equator throughout an annual orbit hence it is easy enough see see how the solar radiation/orbital shadow line pivots off the Equator and causes extreme variations of daylight/darkness asymmetry at the poles. The longitudinal alteration in the solar radiation/orbital shadow boundary determines the Total length of the daily cycle and this is truly a phenomena that is experienced globally,at the Equator and higher and lower latitudes simultaneously.The slow change in the orbital orientation of the Earth throughout an annual cycle is not an even change but changes in accordance with Keplerian geometry - http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/astronom...ages/04f15.jpg The Equation of time represents the rate of change of orbital orientation against a constant axial cycle.The thing is that axial rotation has never been isolated from orbital motion for reasons that unfortunately remain from Flamsteed's efforts and especially the analemma hoax which introduces a variable axial tilt component into the Equation of Time. The modification of the explanation for the seasons emerges from the original Copernican attempt to explain the seasons using the motions of the Earth,in some respects,Copernicus is the first climatologist,his explanation is seen in Chpt 11 - http://webexhibits.org/calendars/yea...opernicus.html Contemporary concerns such as global warming or even to set the background for global climate require a modification of the reasons for the seasons based on variable inclination by inserting an additional motion attached to the orbital motion of the Earth,observed as a longitudinal/latitudinal change in the SR/OS boundary denoting a slow orbital orientation change in the Earth to the central Sun. The modification cannot proceed without isolating axial rotation hence the dilemma faced by those accustomed to referencing axial rotation directly to zodiacal geometry.It is not every day that astronomers have a chance to work with a new motion or rather the one they have yet to discover once you extract axial rotation but it will be worth it. |
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