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Every planet in our solar system has seasons. But the seasons that occur on other planets are extremely different from the traditional spring, summer, fall and winter that we experience here on Earth. So... how do the seasons stack up on other planets?
Our orbit is nearly circular, so there is little variation in Earth's overall climate. But other planets have more elliptical, egg-shaped orbits, and therefore their seasons are very different from what we experience. Though terms "summer" and "winter" tend to be Earth-oriented, they can be applied to the other planets as well. When the North Pole of any planet is tilted toward the Sun, astronomers call it the Winter Solstice; when the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun it's called the Summer Solstice.
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