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The Earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical path and the sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the Earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. which one among the following would result in under that situation
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- It would not make any difference
- Difference between seasons will be reduced
- The Earth would become very hot
- The Earth would become very cold
Correct Option: B
NA
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SANTOSH KUMAR
June 21, 2018Due to the sun being at the focus of the elliptic orbit, different areas receive different amounts of insolation. This causes season cycles in the hemispheres. When the orbit becomes circular, the focus would become the center of the circle. Now if the Sun is at the center of such an orbit, the variations among seasons will be much lesser as they will receive equal amounts of insolation throughout the year.