Sentences with phrase «obliquity angles»
Something funny happens for planets at obliquity angles exceeding 55º.
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This is the same as the cycle of obliquity, the tilt angle of the earth's spin axis relative to its orbit.
The obliquity of the ecliptic (an angle of 23.44 ° that is the difference between the planes of the Earth's rotation on its axis and its revolution around the Sun) limits the seasonal shifting of the Pacific trade - wind belts to about 5 ° of latitude.
While the earth does not exit an Ice Age every 41k years according to the obliquity cycle when it achieves it's maximum angle of > 24 degrees, over the 10 recorded Ice Age events, EVERY TIME WITHOUT FAIL as obliquity drops below 23.5 % an Ice Age STARTS.