Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekig1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!tekig1!markp From: markp@tekig1.UUCP (Mark Pease) Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: Re: Trivial Pursuit Question Message-ID: <1663@tekig1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 10:52:59 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig1.1663 Posted: Fri Jun 1 10:52:59 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 08:16:27 EDT References: <2785@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 27 [Say What!?!] The north pole gets more sunlight, if my memory is correct, because the orbit of the Earth around the sun is not a circle but an ellipse. The north pole points towards the Sun when the Earth is most distant from the Sun. Now, we know, from Keppler (one of many spellings), that a body in orbit will sweep out equle areas in equle time. By comparing the areas in the Earths orbit, we should find that there is more area in the half of the orbit that is most distant from the sun and therefor spends more time in that half of the orbit. Because the Earth spends more time away from the Sun, and the North Pole also point more toward the Sun than the South Pole at this time, the North Pole gets more sunlight than the South Pole. I hope that I'm correct. -- "dignified and dependable" Mark Pease Tektronix, Inc. PO box 500 39-170 Beaverton, Oregon 97077 (503) 627-3559 ...tektronix!tekig1!markp