Planets with oblique axis like Earth


The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of 23 degrees and that is why the Earth has different seasons. The obliquity of the axis of the rotating planets is an effective factor. Like Earth, other planets also have oblique axis. Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, orbits on an absolutely vertical axis, not an oblique one. There is the same season for twelve months. Venus rotates at a tilt of 12 degrees and the largest Jupiter only 3 degrees. The axis of Mars and Earth are similar.

The axis of Mars is tilted at an angle of 25 degrees. Saturn at 26 degree angle. Uranus orbits at a maximum angle of 98 degrees. Winters and summers last longer where the axis is more inclined. There is also a difference between day and night. Uranus' axis is tilted 98 degrees. There the day is 42 years. Earth's axis is 23 degrees, there are 6 months of day and 6 months of night over its north and south poles. If the Earth were more tilted, this period would be longer.

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