@nsj And yet it is still f*cking hot as hell in Los Angeles today.

@cinemkr You can blame the tilt of the earth for that one!

@brumbydeb Nope - your latitude has more to do with that than this. But if you'd like to export some of that to the States, please do.

@nsj hey - do you know if there is a name for the mid-point of summer heat? the summer LAAAAG?

@wxstud None that I'm aware of

@nsj Is 93 million miles just the average distance of the earth from the sun?

@nsj @BradThor Additionally, the Earth is moving at its slowest speed in its orbit.

@nsj H-aphelion Day to you, sir!

@nsj And still too hot ..

@nsj All the better for the solar eclipse, "smaller" sun to cover! Too bad the moon is not at its "larger" point though.

@nsj @BradThor I don't know about that, here in Texas it feels pretty dang close to the sun right now, tilt or no tilt.

@nsj @BKrispinsky Sweet info, dude. Long may you rock.

@nsj @BradThor Variations in tilt works. Or obliquity. Distance from sun is separate. Orbital eccentricity. Nothing fancy.

@nsj @BradThor I ❤️science.

@txgho1911 @nsj @BradThor Summer/Winter solstice, the earth is tilted directly at/away from the sun. Spring and Autumn equinox are the midpoints between.