Question

Which of these pictures shows the positions of Earth in its orbit during different times in the year?
A
B
C
D

Answer 1

I don’t see the pictures — could you upload them or describe each option (how Earth’s tilt and the Sun are shown in A, B, C, D)?

Meanwhile, how to pick the correct picture yourself:
- The correct diagram shows the Sun at the center and Earth at several points around the orbit.
- Crucially: Earth’s rotation axis stays pointed in the same direction in space (parallel axes) as Earth moves around the Sun. So in every position the north pole points toward the same fixed direction (e.g., toward Polaris).
- That means in one half of the orbit the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun (NH summer), in the opposite half it’s tilted away (NH winter), and at the two intermediate positions both hemispheres get equal sunlight (equinoxes).
- Reject any picture that makes the axis swing around so it points to the Sun at some positions (that would falsely imply seasons are caused by changing distance).

If you post the images or descriptions I’ll pick A/B/C/D for you and explain why.