The author describes the physical circums tanc es on "Planet Homburg" situated in space at the position of the Earth, but its polar axis making an angle of 45° with Ecliptica Pole in stead of 23,5° as is the case with the Earth. Due to this more inclined pos ition of "Planet Homburg" astronomically related processes (like precession and tidal movements) take another course, resulting in other physical conditions on "Planet Homburg" than on Earth. Some of the most striking conclusions with regard to the subsequent physical conditions are the following. A climatic zoning will be absent. The polar regions are characterized by hot (even tropical) summers and severe cold winters, polar ice being present only during the winterperiod. Around the equator a zone of a moderate climate is found, without tropical rainforests. Tidal movements show other cycli than we are familiar with. The absence of permanent ice caps will cause a sealevel rise of some 40 to 60 metres. Moreover, absence of large ice covered areas hampers the origin of an ocean current system (see figure 6) which rules our climate today a.o. in northwestern Europe. Consequently, the meteorological systems as well will strongly differ from the Earth' ones: there is no depression forming zone near Iceland; the weather systems depend on differences in temperature of the air. The average temperature on "Planet Homburg" is expected to be some 6°C lower than on Earth as result of a more unfavourable radiation balance.

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