What causes the position of the noon sun to vary by up to 47 degrees over a year's time?
2 Answers
May 27, 2016
The cause is the obliquity
Explanation:
At any latitude, the angle of incidence of light rays from the Sun
oscillates about a mean value, with amplitude
period for this oscillation is 1 year.
For equatorial locations, the annual mean of the angle of incidence
of light rays at noon is
May 27, 2016
Axial tilt and orbital motion of earth causes the Sun to appear 23.5 degree north and south for us.
Explanation:
Aparant path of Sun among the strs in sky.23.5 degree north and south in one years.
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