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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 4 Jan 2014

    No, seasons do not come from Earth’s orbit, but whether your hemisphere's pole is tipping toward or away from the Sun.

    7:22 AM - 4 Jan 2014
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      2. JermaineFowler‏Verified account @jermaineFOWLER 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “@neiltyson: No, seasons do not come from Earth’s orbit, but whether your hemisphere's pole is tipping toward or away from the Sun.” WITCH!

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      1. Josh Thomas‏ @oG_Jt 4 Jan 2014
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        Powerful @neiltyson! @joerogan please try and get this man back on the #JRE soon! #DEATHSQUAD

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      2. META jb‏ @jbolognino 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson fine but God is turning the earth, right? RIGHT?!?

        4 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Mr. Anderson‏ @harbinger411 11 Jan 2014
        Replying to @jbolognino

        @jbolognino If we didn't have a moon that would be a plausible theory.

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      2. Grim Tally‏ @doingitwrong 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @DNLee5 Isn’t the earth’s orbit the reason the poles are dipping towards or away? We don’t wobble that much do we?

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      3. DNLee‏ @DNLee5 4 Jan 2014
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        “@doingitwrong @neiltyson earth’s poles dipping towards/away; We don’t wobble that much do we?” // We wobble a lothttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0r13-Hz_X_s&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0r13-Hz_X_s …

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      2. âpihtawikosisân‏Verified account @apihtawikosisan 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson my 9 year old quizzes adults on this constantly, almost always finds they don't understand this. It annoys her very much.

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      1. Skelemrgan‏ @antichrista 4 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Duh

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      1. John Gerads‏ @JohnGerads 4 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Mr. deGrasse Tyson, thank you for clearing up some commonly held beliefs with this tweet and the Perihelion tweet!

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      1. Kristopher R‏ @cheesehead1976 4 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson There's a sex joke in there somewhere.

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      1. Winters323‏ @Darth_Winters 4 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Yeah, but doesn't the orbite determine when you are tipping towards the sun?

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      2. Mike‏ @mikbre 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson what causes the tilt of the planet to change?

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      3. triscuitbiscuit‏ @triscuitbiscuit 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @mikbre

        @mikbre @neiltyson It's always the same (~23 deg.). On one side of the orbit, the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun and vice versa.

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      2. Morrus #2000ADrpg Kickstarter has launched!‏ @Morrus 4 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Never understood that. Surely distance of couple thousand miles from tilt is tiny compared to millions miles variation in orbit?

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      3. Jory Rand‏Verified account @ABC7Jory 4 Jan 2014
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        @Morrus @neiltyson I always thought the same thing, but its not distance, its angle of the suns rays. Or at least that's what I was told.

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      2. Paco‏ @LegoPaco 13 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson @MericaGabe I think his tweet shows the delicate conditions for life to survive. That let's us survive. Like how lucky we got.

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