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Revolution
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Earth revolves about the Sun along an ecliptic plane
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Total variation is about 3%
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Using the inverse square law, radiation intensity varies by about
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7% between perihelion and aphelion
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This variation in radiation intensity is small and is not the cause
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of seasons.
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