Timeline for Is it physically possible for a planet to have seasons of different lengths?
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 17:21 | comment | added | Bobson | @Perseids Depends on how much influence the sun has. On Earth, the moon is the primary driver of tides. The Sun doesn't have a huge impact. If the distance to the sun varied a lot, that minor tide would vary a lot, but it probably wouldn't come close to a large moon. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 17:06 | comment | added | Gary Walker | @Perseids -- here on Earth most of the tidal bulge is due to the moon (roughly 2/3 moon 1/3 sun). Making the Sun's tidal component twice as large would not be a dramatic change at all. Tidal force proportional to radius**(1/3), so 26% closer to sun would double the solar component. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 13:56 | comment | added | Perseids | Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't 'Varying distance' also induce dramatically increased or decreased tides? | |
| Oct 2, 2016 at 22:56 | comment | added | Scott Whitlock | I'm in the process of reading Red Mars, and there's a whole section describing why the northern hemisphere of Mars has a longer summer than winter due to the more elliptical orbit than Earth has. | |
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| Sep 19, 2014 at 21:04 | comment | added | Bobson | I'd really like to create a model for this. Anyone have a suggestion as to how to do so? | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 18:05 | history | answered | Bobson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |