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What is theWhat is the approximate tilt of the earth's axis? approximate tilt of the earth's axis?

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Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun.


But this tilt changes. During a cycle that averages about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.

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