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[–] 7 points 6 months ago

It does. In the southern hemisphere, their summer corresponds to the part of earth's orbit where the sun is slightly closer. But the sun's change in distance from the earth is insignificant compared to which pole is pointing towards the sun and which is pointing away. This has a way greater effect on temperature.

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