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- #09
- We don't see stars during the day because the Sun is too
bright. However, the Earth orbits around the Sun. Hence, the stars
we see during the night change with the seasons. For example, stars
that are high in the sky around midnight tonight will be approximately
behind the Sun in 6 months.
- #10
- The seasons are the result of the Earth's tilted
rotation axis with respect to the Earth's orbital plane, specifically
because the tilt is fixed in space (over 1 year). Hence the northern
hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun in summer but away during winter.
- #20
- Outermost planet - no. Nearest star - hardly. Center of
our Galaxy - the entire sky would look very different.
Rico Ignace
2004-09-10