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Re: Maximum Sunlight
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2006 Jun 22, 09:51 -0500
Peter Fogg wrote:
> Why would there be more sunlight at the north pole than at the south?
Because the Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, it is closer
to the sun during Northern Hemisphere winter and thus moves faster. Count
the days between the equinoxes -- if we say they're on March 21 and
September 21, then Northern summer has 184 days, while Oz's has 181 or 182.
-- Bill
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From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2006 Jun 22, 09:51 -0500
Peter Fogg wrote:
> Why would there be more sunlight at the north pole than at the south?
Because the Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, it is closer
to the sun during Northern Hemisphere winter and thus moves faster. Count
the days between the equinoxes -- if we say they're on March 21 and
September 21, then Northern summer has 184 days, while Oz's has 181 or 182.
-- Bill
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