What happens to Earth's axis of rotation as Earth orbits the Sun?

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Bishal Das · Answer 1 · 2018-06-25T06:20:13+0000

The Earth's rotational axis stays nearly fixed in space, even as the Earth orbits the Sun once each year. As a result, when the Earth is at a certain place in its orbit, the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and experiences summer.

What happens to Earth's axis of rotation as Earth orbits the Sun?

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