The movement of the earth's translation around the sun
lasts a little more than 365 days, making it necessary to introduce
a leap year (one more day every 4 years).
This movement, combined with the inclination of the earth's axis originates the seasons.
The seasons in the North and South
hemisphere are opposite: when it is winter in the North, it is summer
in the South and vice versa.
Seen from the earth, it seems to us that
the sun is the one that moves during the year, going through the
constellations of the zodiac.
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