Description: A chart from 1891 showing the orbit of the earth over the course of the year, illustrating the change of the inclination and therefore the seasons. The chart also shows the orbital point of perihelion, or closest to the sun, in January, and aphelion, or furthest from the sun, in July.
Place Names: Solar System, Eart
ISO Topic Categories: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords: The Orbit of the Earth Showing the Change of Season, Earth,
equinox,
orbit,
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Unknown, 1891
Source: Edwin J. Houston, A. M. , The Elements of Physical Geography (Philadelphia, PA: Eldredge & Brother, 1891) 19
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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