Timeline for Is it physically possible for a planet to have seasons of different lengths?
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| Dec 2, 2014 at 18:10 | comment | added | GrandmasterB | I think this makes the most sense. If the planet has a low inclination, its 'seasons' in the Earth sense wouldn't have huge differences, so the parent Sun's output could be the driving factor for 'seasons'. And that can follow virtually any pattern, even a seemingly random one. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 15:30 | comment | added | bowlturner | No, not necessarily. If the sun is in a cool period, Winter might start earlier because it's cooler, and spring might be quite a bit later, Now this is only working as long as all the seasons for the year add up to 1 year... | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 15:23 | comment | added | Nick Dickinson-Wilde | I believe this would be more likely to cause a general cooling or warming - assuming axial tilt was the same it'd still be summer or winter it'd just be an abnormally cold summer or hot winter or even colder winter than normal etc. So the season itself would last the same length but be less or more intense. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 15:14 | history | answered | bowlturner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |