The universe, the solar system, and earth

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inclination of earth's axis

Earth is tilted at about 23.5° from perpendicular to the plane of ecliptic

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the revolution of the earth

365 days

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the rotation of the earth

Earth rotates west to east at ~1000 mph

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Spring Equinox

March 21 0 degrees

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Summer Solstice

June 21 tropic of cancer 23.5 N degrees

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Fall Equinox

september 23 0 degrees

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Winter Solstice

December 21 tropic of capricorn 23.5 S degrees

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standard time

In 1884, the Greenwich/Prime Meridian was chosen as the reference for standard time

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how many time zones are there?

24

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structure of the solar system

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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