I'm trying to interpret some poetry, and one line refers to the earth being tilted at 23, and I wasn't sure what that meant.
Does anyone know what that means?
2006-10-26 13:42:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The earth rotates at a 23 degree angle that's why we have stable and predicable climates. The moon also plays a huge role in why we are tilted at 23*. If we where to go +/- 1* it would throw the world in to a very violent and unpredictable way. Hints mars has no stable axes or tilt it just kinda wobbles around out there. If we where to be like mars with no stable axes deserts would be oceans on one day and then back the next maybe even faster then that there is no way to tell for sure. So 23 refers to the degree the earth rotates at. hope that helps
2006-10-26 13:52:56 · answer #1 · answered by matt v 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As others say here -- the Earth has a rotation axis, and that is tilted at 23 degrees off of true "up and down" in reference to the Sun. It is what gives us the seasons. It gets complicated, but -- if the Earth did not have this tilt, it is doubtful that life would have existed here.
2006-10-26 15:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth's axis is tilted 23 1/2 degrees from perpendicular to the plane of its orbit. This tilt causes the seasons.
2006-10-26 14:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth spins like an old-fashioned top.
Only instead of being straight up and down, it is tilted by 23 degrees.
2006-10-26 13:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
technically if im not mistaken earth tilted at 23 means like earth IS tilted at a 23 degreee angle
2006-10-26 14:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by pitbull_hottie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that the earth is tilted at 23 degrees from the solar plane.
2006-10-26 16:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by eddyg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT MEANS THAT THE EARTH IS TILTED AT A 23 DEGREE ANGLE.
2006-10-26 13:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the axis of the earth, which it rotates on, is offset by 23 degrees from being upright in relationship to its orbit around the sun.
2006-10-26 13:47:29 · answer #8 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋