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The article you linked to describes the angle of plane of the orbit - the circle it makes around the sun. These vary by only a small amount. The axial tilt is
by bmunro 14y ago
The article you linked to describes the angle of plane of the orbit - the circle it makes around the sun. These vary by only a small amount.
The axial tilt is different. It is basically how far the axis through the poles of a planet is tilted compared to the plane of its orbit. This is what you were thinking of initially - it can very a lot.
- wkdown 14y agoPluto, while no longer a planet, as an inclined orbital tilt as well. It will also occasionally come inside the orbit of Neptune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Orbit_and_rotation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Orbit_and_rotation