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earth wears its seasons on a 23.5 degree slant, not a straight spine.

means the angle between a planet's rotational axis and the vertical to its orbital plane, which is why you get seasons instead of endless sameness.

from astronomers call it obliquity, from latin obliquus meaning slanting; earth's tilt is thought to date from a mars-sized impact early in the solar system's formation, the same collision that likely birthed the moon.

for instance

earth23.4 degrees, gives us four reliable seasons

uranus97.8 degrees, orbits nearly on its side

venus177 degrees, essentially upside down and barely spinning

mars25.2 degrees, close to earth, drives its dust-storm seasons

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