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“….unless you are absolutely intent in remaining with 'axial tilt' in which case you are welcome to remain with that flawed premise and conclusion.” To me this is the strongest evidence yet that you don’t accept the concept of axial tilt – am I correct in this? So what is the angle between the plane of the earth’s orbit and the axis around the earth rotates? Are you saying that it is 90 degrees or some other figure? If axial tilt exists then I cannot see how variable day night length doesn’t automatically follow. On December 21st the north polar regions are in 24 hours of darkness but ON THE SAME DAY the south polar regions have 24 hours of daylight. How do you account for via any other mechanism other than axial tilt? Where you live have you not noticed that the maximum angle above the horizon that the sun reaches varies throughout the year? How do you account for via any other mechanism other than axial tilt? You wrote: "Again, if daily rotation ceased, every location would experience one daylight/darkness cycle over the course of an annual orbit as a location slowly turns through 360 degrees and any intelligent person can then assume that this motion exists simultaneously with daily rotation." Yes indeed we all agree that the motion of the Earth around the sun exists simultaneously with the daily rotation. These two motions in combination with axial tilt and the non-circular orbit accounts for day and night, the variable length of day and night and the seasons. -- Martin Nicholson - Daventry, UK http://www.martin-nicholson.info/index.htm Dealing with John Greaves FAQ http://www.geocities.com/badastrobuster/index.htm |
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