‘Earth’s axis and orbit shape its seasons— other planets have winter and summer too’
Professor John Chiang of UC Berkeley explains the impact of Earth's axial tilt and orbital eccentricity on global climate. He ...
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Earth's Orbit Mysteriously Altered by Chance Encounter Million of Years Ago
"One reason this is important is because the geologic record shows that changes in the Earth's orbital eccentricity accompany fluctuations in the Earth's climate," Kaib says. "If we want to best ...
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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
The degree of elongation, known as eccentricity, is measured on a scale of 0 (for a perfect circle) to 1 (a hyperbola). Earth's orbital eccentricity is 0.017; Mars' is 0.055, and Mercury's is 0.206.
Astronomers uncover details of pulsar M53A's spin and motion
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) and by analyzing archival Arecibo Observatory data, ...
This extreme exoplanet has a highly unusual orbit
Pluto, for example, has a highly elongated orbit compared to the planets in our solar system and has an orbital eccentricity ...