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UPSC Geography 20- Seasons

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UPSC Geography 20- Seasons


Terms
  • Sidereal year ( Venereal- season dependent) or  Styller year < Solar - 4 min
  • Roman Calendar - march to december - julius caesar corrected
  • Gregory - last year of century 365 unless divided by 400
  • Perihelion- 3 Jan - close
  • Aphelion- 4 July - far
Chandler Wobble
  • 14 month cycle 
  • Shifting The Location Of The Poles and the Shape Of The Earth
Milankovitch Cycle
  • Axis changes - 26K years
  • Ellipse changes Every 41 K years

Equinox & Solstice
  • 21st March- summer equinox- 3 month gap
  • Solstice - summer & winter






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