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Yes the seasons are due to earths tilt, but the tilt still doesn't change between seasons as his wife thought, only earths position compared to the sun does.

• barry-cotter 7y ago
  The tilt of the earth relative to the sun does in fact change. That’s what the seasons are. If the earth was tilted but the tilt didn’t change over the course of the year the areas that had longer days due to being tilted towards the sun would be permanently hotter than the areas tilted away. There would be a permanent summer and winter, rather as at the equator it’s always summer. The changing tilt of the earth relative to the sun is what the seasons are.
  • username90 7y ago
    I'm not sure what you are trying to say, you probably misunderstood what elcheif said. Earth is tilted towards the sun in the summer and away from the sun in the winter due to its tilt changing, not due to its position changing. That is what you are saying, what I am saying and what elcheif was saying. What elchaif's ex thought was that earths tilt actually changed over the course of the year instead of earth just moving to the other side of the sun. There is no energy which could alter earths tilt like that, instead the tilt was set in motion a very long time ago and has been basically fixed ever since.
  • elchief 7y ago
    she thought the earth would literally tilt back and forth (as though in place) it's tilted. and it moves to the other side of the sun. so its tilt relative the sun changes. but it doesn't rock back and forth on its own