2007-11-28 06:06:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For some of us, it is.. we celebrate the "return of the sun" ;)
2007-11-28 07:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think I damaged my axial tilt ~ which I guess explains why I feel so frisky. Of course, things happen differently down under.
Interwestingly the weally hot weather is about 6 weeks after the summer solstace (in Sydney at least)... similarly in winter the really cold weather is about 6 weeks after the winter solstace. This lag is, I think, caused by the thermal insulation provided by the Earth's atmosphere... in materials science it is known as a "thermal lag" and we put it to good use when designing buildings.
2007-11-28 15:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pleasin', cheesin', freezin'
Don't you know that the precise axial tilt is proof of Intelligent Design? Anything else would have been... different.
2007-11-28 14:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by chem sickle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yule was around before Jesus! :-P (okay... and axial tilt before that)
Gods, I hate that saying. Anyone who says it is completely ignorant of the history of their own religion. Baa! Baa!
2007-11-28 14:11:50 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was Persephone having to go visit her hubby Hades for 6 mos out of the year.
2007-11-28 14:11:42 · answer #5 · answered by FrereJacques 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder where you are!
“1.73 seconds of arc from where I seem to be.” Replied the star, “because ds2 = -[1/2(M/Y)] 1 dr2 - r2 d?2 - [1/2(N/?)]dt.”
Ralph Barton,
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
2007-11-28 14:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Solstice is the reason for the season.
2007-11-28 14:10:09 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since christians made up their catchy jingle.
2007-11-28 14:09:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I did not know any change had been made.
2007-11-28 14:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by What? Me Worry? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed the reason for ALL seasons...
2007-11-28 14:09:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋