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The seasons
Watching the changing seasons on Uranus and applying the lessons to
the Earth is truly enjoyable in this era with modern time lapse footage availible - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...99/11/video/b/ The unique ingredients,such as the unique rotational orientation and the Equatorial rings allows an astronomer to seperate axial and orbital motions and look at each seperately and with ease. The change in the orientation of the Equatorial ring with respect to the central Sun is an incredible means to modify the reasoning Copernicu applied to the explanation for the seasons - "..the equator and the earth's axis must be understood to have a variable inclination. For if they stayed at a constant angle, and were affected exclusively by the motion of the center, no inequality of days and nights would be observed." Copernicus Chapter 11 De Revolutionibus The new orbital component allows a better explanation for the variations in the natural noon cycle given that the change in orbital orientation with respect to the Sun combines with axial rotation to cause the determination of natural noon to vary,the orbitalorientation change in accordance with Kepler's view causes the variation. This is one of these things which can be enjoyed openly and all because of that magnifient planet -Uranus. |
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