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Why December Has The Longest Days
- Published_at:2015-12-22
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:minutephysics
- tags: physics minutephysics science
- description: Subscribe to MinutePhysics! December has the longest solar days (noon-to-noon) because of the weird way a combination of the axial tilt of the earth and the eccentricity of its elliptical orbit conspire in December. Perihelion + Solstices = Long Days. Here’s some more info about: Solar Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_time The Equation of Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time Milankovitch cycles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles Perihelion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perihelion_and_aphelion Apsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis Link to Patreon supporters here: www.minutephysics.com/supporters.html Music by Nathaniel Schroeder, http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder Thanks to Nima Doroud for contributions.
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| 2015-12-24 | 285,030 | 13,010 | 866 |
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| 2015-12-25 | 366,719 | 14,435 | 978 |
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