Geography · Motions of the Earth
The Sun's rays can strike at a right angle (90°) only up to 23.5° North and South latitudes because:
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- 1Of the Earth's rotation on its axis
- 2Of the oblate spheroidal shape of the Earth
- 3The Earth's axis is inclined at an angle of 66.5° to its orbital plane✓
- 4Of the Earth's revolution around the Sun
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The Earth's axis is inclined at an angle of 66.5° to its orbital plane
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