File:Earth precession.svg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Full resolution‎ (SVG file, nominally 670 × 764 pixels, file size: 30 KB)

[edit] Summary

Description Precession of Earth's rotational axis due to the tidal force raised on Earth by the gravity of the Moon and Sun.
Date 5 May 2008(2008-05-05)
Source Vectorized by Mysid in Inkscape after a NASA Earth Observatory image in Milutin Milankovitch Precession.
Author NASA, Mysid

[edit] Licensing

Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)

Boarisch | ‪Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‬ | Català | Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Esperanto | Español | Eesti | فارسی | Suomi | Français | Gaeilge | Galego | עברית | Հայերեն | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Lietuvių | Македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Română | Русский | ไทย | Vèneto | 中文 | ‪中文(简体)‬ | ‪中文(繁體)‬ | +/−
Shuttle.svg
Dialog-warning.svg
 Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:18, 29 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 15:18, 29 June 2010670 × 764 (30 KB)Antonsusi (...)
19:12, 28 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 19:12, 28 June 2010670 × 764 (30 KB)Antonsusi (Adjustings, valid code)
02:05, 15 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 02:05, 15 January 2010670 × 764 (64 KB)LtPowers (Reverted to version as of 22:01, 4 May 2008)
00:43, 15 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 00:43, 15 January 2010670 × 764 (64 KB)Joe Kress (Reverted to version as of 22:01, 4 May 2008)
08:43, 2 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 08:43, 2 August 2009670 × 764 (44 KB)Mysid (precession movement is CCW, not clockwise)
22:01, 4 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 22:01, 4 May 2008670 × 764 (64 KB)Mysid (==Description== {{Information |Description=Precession of rotational axis relative to the direction to the Sun at perihelion and aphelion. This changes the time of the year at which perihelion and aphelion occur. |Source=Vectorized by [[w:User:Mysid|Mysid])
The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Width 670
Height 764
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_precession.svg"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox