What is obliquity factor?

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Phillip E.
Jan 6, 2016

Obliquity is a planet's angle of tilt.

Explanation:

Obliquity is the angle which a planet's axis of rotation makes with the axis of its orbit. It is sometimes referred to as axial tilt. Earth's axial tilt is currently about 23.44° and slowly decreasing due to nutation caused by the gravitational effects of other planets.

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