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The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of ________ degrees from the perpendicular to its orbital plane.
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Earth has seasons because our planet's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of 23.5° relative to our orbital plane – the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun. The tilt in the axis of the Earth is called its obliquity by scientists.
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