Sentences with phrase «only axial tilt»
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With enough time, you have an ice age, checked only by the fact that the ice can only get so far south, because this all hinges on seasonal insolation changes resulting from the axial tilt of the earth, and this makes no difference at or near the equator — insolation there is constant, regardless of the tilt of the earth, and the days are warm and long enough to hold back any threat of snow and ice.
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In fact, it's axial tilt is the one of the lowest in the Solar System, second only to Mercury (which has an extremely low tilt of 0.03 °).