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What do you mean by the inclination of the earth's axis?

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The tilted position of the Earth's axis is known as inclination of the Earth's axis. The Earth's rotation axis makes an angle of about 66.5° with the plane of its orbit around the Sun or about 23.5° from the perpendicular to the elliptical plane. This inclination is the reason we experience different seasons on the Earth.

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