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axial parallelism





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Axial parallelism as the earth orbits the sun 
affects the incidence angle of the sun

 

 

Axial parallelism refers to the fact that the axis of the earth remains parallel to it's previous position as the earth revolves around the sun. This means that the earth's axis always points in the same direction.

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