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Since only one hemisphere tilts sunward at a time, the northern and southern halves of Earth have opposite seasons: summer in one and winter in the other.
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David Yeomans, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
The most precise predictions come from satellites stationed at the first Lagrange point (L1), located about 1.5 million kilometers sunward from Earth.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025
Turtles, snakes and voles stretch sunward after months of subterranean winter.
—New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
At intervals of 100 000 years or more, stars may approach our solar system closely enough to disrupt the solar orbits of some of these comets, pushing them sunward.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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David Yeomans, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
The most precise predictions come from satellites stationed at the first Lagrange point (L1), located about 1.5 million kilometers sunward from Earth.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025
Turtles, snakes and voles stretch sunward after months of subterranean winter.
—New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
At intervals of 100 000 years or more, stars may approach our solar system closely enough to disrupt the solar orbits of some of these comets, pushing them sunward.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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“Sunward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunward. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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sunward
1 of 2 adverb
sun·ward
ˈsən-wərd 
: toward the sun
the planet tilted sunward
sunward
2 of 2 adjective
: facing the sun
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