Seasons in the Solar System

Title: SEASONS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Presenter: Phil Youngblood, PhD

January is one time of the year when we most notice Earth’s seasons, but this phenomenon raises a lot of questions that are interesting to explore, such as:

— What is a season?
— What factors create seasons or affect how different the seasons are over the course of the year?
— Why does it get colder or hotter after the solstices, when the days are getting longer or shorter?
— How are seasons experienced by people and other living things in different parts of the Earth?
— Have seasons been the same over the history of the Earth? Will seasons continue on Earth into the far future?
— Do other planets or moons in the solar system experience seasons? How does this affect what we see from Earth or what someone would experience living near or on them?

— What would make us suscept that extraterrestrial planets have seasons? How might this influence whether or not there could be life there?

Join us to learn about what we know about seasons, contribute what you know or what you would like to know, and perhaps learn something you did not know about this fascinating topic!