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A lot of the OP doesn't make any sense.
Europe on the other hand has experienced colder winters and from what I have heard wet cool summers in the many areas
So my theory is this, why couldn't the earth be slowly rotating vertically, bringing Europe and Asia closer to the North Pole, while at the same time pushing north and Central America closer to the equator?
Originally posted by tw0330
This is obviously just a theory, as I have zero proof except for my own personal observations and readings.
The Earth circles the Sun in a flat plane. It is as if the spinning Earth is also rolling around the edge of a giant, flat plate, with the Sun in the center. The shape of the Earth’s orbit—the plate—changes from a nearly perfect circle to an oval shape on a 100,000-year cycle (eccentricity). Also, if you drew a line from the plate up through the Earth’s North and South Poles—Earth’s axis—the line would not rise straight up from the plate. Instead the axis is tilted, and the angle of the tilt varies between 22 and 24 degrees every 41,000 years (obliquity). Finally, the Earth wobbles on its axis as it spins. Like the handle of a toy top that wobbles toward you and away from you as the toy winds down, the “handle” of the Earth, the axis, wobbles toward and away from the Sun over the span of 19,000 to 23,000 years (precession). These small variations in Earth-Sun geometry change how much sunlight each hemisphere receives during the Earth’s year-long trek around the Sun, where in the orbit (the time of year) the seasons occur, and how extreme the seasonal changes are.
Originally posted by spleenika
The earth spins in space so rapidly, if you focus your telescope on any star, it will drift out of view very quickly.
Originally posted by tw0330
I have been reading various reports on signs that the earth's axis is tilting, such as constellations being in the wrong place, the sun not rising where it should, or the moon not acting right.......
But lets take weather into account here. If the earth were tilting more so than it was, then we would be experiencing much colder winters here in the United States as they are in Europe. But that has not been the case. For 3 years now we have experienced warmer winters than ever, likewise the warmest years on record, as well as very hot dry (in some places) summers.
Europe on the other hand has experienced colder winters and from what I have heard wet cool summers in the many areas.
This does not fit into the idea of the earth tilting. If this were the case North America and Europe would have Hotter Summers and Colder winters.
Another thing I have been hearing is that in Alaska the natives are noticing that the sun is lasting longer in the summer than it has in the past (by several days) and that it has been getting warmer by a few degrees every year. Yes a warming globe could be part of this, but has anyone talked to or seen articles from those in northern Russia to find out if their days with no sun are any longer? I know for a fact that they have been seeing record low temperatures.
I would think that if the earth was tilting at it's axis (outward) that the sunless days up north would be longer (though as mentioned I am no astronomer)
So my theory is this, why couldn't the earth be slowly rotating vertically, bringing Europe and Asia closer to the North Pole, while at the same time pushing north and Central America closer to the equator?
If the earth were to be rotating vertical there would be several anomalies within the stars as our view would be altered as our location changes.