When Is It Winter On Other Planets?
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This episode is brought to you by Curiosity Stream.Earth isn't the only planet with seasons.All a planet needs to have them is a tilted rotational axis and an orbit.More direct sunlight on one hemisphere - that's summer. Less direct sunlight -that's winter. Those changing seasons make us change our wardrobe and keep an eye on the weather forecast,but they also keep our planet fresh. Our yearly temperature cycles power air and water currentsthat pump nutrients from deep oceans, drive winds, transport water and a million other things.But do seasons on other planets work like they do here?(Interlude music)Let's start with our sun. No seasons.Just nuclear fusion and hot plasma everyday for billions of years.Mercury doesn't have much of an a...
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This episode is brought to you by Curiosity Stream.Earth isn't the only planet with seasons.All a planet needs to have them is a tilted rotational axis and an orbit.More direct sunlight on one hemisphere - that's summer. Less direct sunlight -that's winter. Those changing seasons make us change our wardrobe and keep an eye on the weather forecast,but they also keep our planet fresh. Our yearly temperature cycles power air and water currentsthat pump nutrients from deep oceans, drive winds, transport water and a million other things.But do seasons on other planets work like they do here?(Interlude music)Let's start with our sun. No seasons.Just nuclear fusion and hot plasma everyday for billions of years.Mercury doesn't have much of an a...
