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Fall is upon us - how much further away from the Sun are we now?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:47 am
Because temperature sure has plummeted.
Who wold have thought a slight variation in the distance from the Sun would make such a change in climate?
I'm glad Earth has kept the exact same planetary orbit for the lat 5 Billion years so that we can nail down global warming to cars, weed-eaters and flatulence.
Who wold have thought a slight variation in the distance from the Sun would make such a change in climate?
I'm glad Earth has kept the exact same planetary orbit for the lat 5 Billion years so that we can nail down global warming to cars, weed-eaters and flatulence.
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Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:48 am to Meauxjeaux
What in the frick are you 
about?
about?This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 10:49 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:49 am to Meauxjeaux
I ain't getting rid of my F250 brah. Get over it.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:58 am to Meauxjeaux
I bet 20+% of people think that's the cause of seasons.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:58 am to Meauxjeaux
We are actually getting closer to the sun right now, and we will be closest in early January. So, the variation in the orbit makes very little difference.
It is cooler in winter for the same reason it is cooler in the morning and evening than mid-day. A square foot of sunlight is spread over an area larger than a square foot (and so does less heating) as the angle it reaches the earth's surface changes.
All this is beside the fact that climate covers a period of time longer than a season.
It is cooler in winter for the same reason it is cooler in the morning and evening than mid-day. A square foot of sunlight is spread over an area larger than a square foot (and so does less heating) as the angle it reaches the earth's surface changes.
All this is beside the fact that climate covers a period of time longer than a season.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:58 am to Meauxjeaux
quote:Uh oh.
how much further away from the Sun are we now?
Further than Australia will be in December?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:00 am to Meauxjeaux
It's cooler today, where I am. Climate change isn't happening! 
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:03 am to Meauxjeaux
Do you mean the Earth as a whole being further away, or our surface of the Earth being further away from the Sun relative to other parts of the Earth in this time of the year?
Cause it's both.
Cause it's both.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 11:18 am to Meauxjeaux
Closer in the winter and farther in the summer.
Norther hemisphere FTMFW
Norther hemisphere FTMFW
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:25 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Meauxjeaux
Trying a little too hard there chief. Hope you don't break something.
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:30 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:This morning around 7 AM in Baton Rouge the weather was as good as it can get. Temp in low 60's, low humidity and not a cloud in the sky. I don't think I broke a sweat during my morning jog.
Because temperature sure has plummeted.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 12:36 pm to Meauxjeaux
I want a bitterly cold winter and an awesome duck season.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 1:29 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:
Who wold have thought a slight variation in the distance from the Sun would make such a change in climate?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 1:31 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:
Fall is upon us - how much further away from the Sun are we now?
Seasonal weather patterns are mostly caused by the 23.5-degree tilt of our planet's spin axis, not by Earth's elliptical orbit. We were at our most distant point in orbit from the Sun on July 3rd and ever since then we've been getting closer. The next perihelion (closest point of orbit to the Sun) should be on Jan 4th, 2015.
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 9/23/14 at 4:44 pm to Meauxjeaux
Dude, we're closer now than we were in the summer. Summer is when we're furthest away from the sun.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 12:36 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Meauxjeaux
better to be thought of a fool than to post and remove all doubt
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