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What would the Earth be like if it had no tilt and spun perfectly upright?

Posted - December 17, 2016
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  • 46117
    Oh this is going to be good..... I'm waiting.....
      December 17, 2016 9:08 AM MST
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  • 3934
    It would have to be an immense asteroid, probably about the size of the Moon.
      December 17, 2016 12:03 PM MST
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  • There'd be no seasons for one thing. 
      December 17, 2016 10:28 AM MST
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  • 3684
    There would be no seasons although there would still be air and water circulations between latitudes. The Earth's axis precesses, but precession does not put the axis perpendicular to the plane of orbit.

    Whether an asteroid impact could affect this geometry I have no idea but frankly a collision big enough to do so, would cause us far more problems than that.

    [Edited to insert a missing but important "not"!] This post was edited by Durdle at December 25, 2016 3:09 AM MST
      December 24, 2016 6:51 PM MST
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