Ever wonder what seasons are like on other planets? Astronomers are beginning to find out, and SciShow Space explains how they know, what causes the change in seasons, and what “summer” might mean on distant worlds.
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Sources:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=seasons
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/F_Planet_Seasons.html
http://cseligman.com/text/sky/otherseasons.htm
http://www.space.com/16907-what-is-the-temperature-of-mars.html
http://www.universetoday.com/19305/seasons-on-uranus/
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/february/kepler-finds-a-very-wobbly-planet/#.Uxjz5txwOFd
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-kepler413b-wobbly-exoplanet-01747.html
Graphics:
Precession:
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=53974
Uranus orbit: http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/EducationResource/Universe/framed_e/lecture/ch09/imgs/uranus_orbit.jpg
http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/uranusorbit.png
Earth axial tilt seasons diagram:
http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/68/91868-004-6F3C45FC.gif
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/images/earthtilt.gif
I would try to recreate / borrow a simple animation like these to show the sun striking the earth axial tilt seasons diagram… motion really helps:
http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/spinning-orbiting-earth/what-causes-seasons/watch-tilt.shtml
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.swf
http://edutube.org/en/video/what-causes-different-seasons-animation
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