Why are the olympics named after the season of the north hemisphere?
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I think that by the time the second olympics was added in 1924, most of the world was still under European colonialism and thus the focus was on the northern hemisphere and the tradition as just stuck.\nIn the first Olympic games, only one country was from under the equator---Australia.
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Christmas in winter and fall leaves before it are indicative of seeing the world from a European/North American perspective. The associations elsewhere are different. It's not a lag, but rather just different climate & culture.\n\nAs for satellite coverage, the northern hemisphere is more highly populated and is where most of the spacefaring nations are so that's natural.
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Because the earth is tilted on its axis, we have seasons.  The seasons vary the length of daylight depending on the season.  When it is summer, and the days are long, in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere and the days are short.\n\nIf you think about this, you will realize that it can't be true of the equator.  Where the two hemispheres meet, the days don't vary by season.  The farther you are from the equator, the greater the length of the day (or night) -- so at the poles the sun deosn't set in mid-summer or rise in mid-winter.
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yes, in Australia and in the entire southern hemisphere it is winter when it is summer in the northern hemisphere
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4 seasons to a year.  A season in the common sense is defeind by tepreature.  but a season in the technical sense is defined by the earth's tilt relative to your hemisphere.  They usually don't match; spring and fall are often too short.\n\nThe equinoxi are at June 21 and December 21; they mark the start of winter and summer in the northern hemisphere.  They are reversed in the southern hemisphere.  SPring and fall are halfway in between.
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I guess it's time someone writes down a correct answer...\n\nThe earth rotate on its axis, which runs through the north and south poles.  It so happens that the earth's axis is not perfectly vertical.  Because the axis is at an angle, we spend half the year (it changes during the equinox) with the north pole (and hence the northern hemisphere) tilted towards the sun - this is summer.  We spend the other half of the year with the south pole tilted towards the sun (hence, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun) - this is the winter.  Now I will leave it up to you to think about why this should make the summer days longer than the winter days.  Try this:  grab a basketball (better yet, a globe), turn off all the lights, point a flashlight at it and spin it with the axis rotated towards the light and with the axis rotated away from the light.  Follow a single point on the top half of the ball and see if you can make sense why this point stays in the light longer when the axis is pointed towards the light versus when the axis is pointed away from the light... \n\nIt's a nice point to make that in the southern hemisphere (Australia, Chile, South Africa, etc.) the days are longer in the winter and shorter in the summer.  If you think for a moment, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out why...
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umm. where at? because the eastern and western hemisphere's experience opposite seasons.\n\npablodiablo1981 is correct, i made a mistake. it is southern and northern.
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HISTORICALLY, THE Native Americans who lived in the area that is now the northern and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to the recurring full Moons. Each full Moon name was applied to the entire month in which it occurred. These names, and some variations, were used by the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. \n\nhttp://www.almanac.com/astronomy/moonnames.php
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No.  The last time they were in the same year was 1992.  The winter olympics was held again in 1994, then it resumed it's usual every 4 year pattern.
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The tilt of the planet causes uneven heating of the Earth's surface,during the summer months,the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun,causing warm weather,as the Earth orbits the sun,it maintains this tilt,until the northern hemisphere is farther,causing cold weather.Consequentialy,when the northern hemisphere is experiencing winter,the southern hemisphere is experiencing summer and vice versa.Spring and fall are the time in between these transitions.
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The Sun is slightly closer in January at perihelion (147.5 million kilometers) and slightly farther away in July at aphelion (152.6 million kilometers).  Earth’s slightly elliptical orbit is not responsible for our seasons, however.\n\nEarth’s axis is tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane of our orbit around the Sun.  Summer occurs when one’s hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun; winter when it’s tipped away.  Thus, seasons in Australia are reversed relative to North America—summer in Melbourne is winter in New York, and vice-versa.  (I’m sadly aware of that effect, since I’m travelling to Melbourne in a few months.)\n\n\nRyan Wyatt\nRose Center for Earth & Space\nNew York, New York
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Yes. The dates have been set.\n\nOlympic Winter Games: February 12-28, 2010
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Because you live in the Southern Hemisphere...In the Northern Hemisphere it goes the other way. Look up the term 'Coriolis effect' for more info.
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each ring represents one of the five continents involved in the olympics at the time of its creation.\nalso, all the countries involved could make their flag out of the colors used for the rings and thier white background.
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Solar heating is more pronounced at the equator where rays are vertical and closely spaced. At higher latitudes there is less heating, rays less dense, more oblique. The tilt of the earth's axis introduces a further, seasonal variability. Seasons occur in opposite months of the year in opposite hemispheres. Winter in the northern hemisphere is simultaneous with Summer in the southern hemisphere.\n\n--assume you are looking at earth broadside, equatorial view, for the following, throughout (no polar views)--\n\nEQUATORIAL HEATING\nAir masses at the equator have an eastward inertia. As they are heated, these masses expand and rise. Keep the inertia in mind as you read all of the following.\n\nConsidering first the northern hemisphere, as this high equatorial rising air pushes to the north it has a higher speed eastward relative to the earth's surface. This is because the eastward inertia of a mass of air varies at different latitudes. \n\nAir at the equator is moving faster, along with the rotating earth, than is air at higher latitudes. Identical for both hemispheres, north and south: Air at higher latitudes has less eastward speed.\n\nOn the equatorial surface cooler air moves in from the northeast and the southeast. This air is moving west because it has less eastwards inertia as it approaches the equator, from higher latitude. These are the Trade Winds, blowing east to west on both sides of the equator.\n\n\nNORTHERN HEMISPHERE\nAs the hot, rising air from the equator cools at higher latitudes and sinks in the latitude 30's region, some moves further north and eastwards, some moves further south and westwards.\n\nSOUTHERN HEMISPHERE\nAs the hot, rising air from the equator cools at higher latitudes and sinks in the latitude 30's region, some moves further south and eastwards, some moves further north and westwards.\n\nThe northern and southern hemispheres are mirror opposites.\nWe see that these movements are caused by the heating effect of the sun. \n\nWe see that in the northern hemisphere cold air moving south veers to the left (westward) and warm air moving north veers to the right (eastward). The accounts for the clockwise highs and counterclockwise lows.\n\nIn the southern hemisphere, cold air moving north veers to the west and warm air moving south veers to the east. The net effect here is counterclockwise highs and clockwise lows.\n\nIf one has a hard time picturing this, just remember, highs and lows spin in opposite directions. Lows are clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.\n\nWinds blow from high to low pressure. The denser the isobars (lines of equal pressure) on the weather map, the greater the wind speed. Highs are the directors, lows are the actors.* This means the hurricane will have a fit wherever it is guided by high pressure.\n\n*Rodewald, German meteorologist\n\nThis explanation says little about weather from 30 degee latitudes further north or south. To describe the entire globe in detail is impractical here. The principal forces involved in your question have been described.\n\nFor a more detailed explanation, I recommend OUR ATMOSPHERE, by Theo Loebsack, A Mentor Book\n\nYes, every time I think about all this, my head spins. Try to think very carefully and hard about it occasionally and it will become somewhat clearer.\n\nThe important thing to remember is what is happening on the ground where most of us live and work. Since LOWs are the big actors, remember they are counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.\n\nA very good exercise, especially for sea goers, is to picture the wind directions you would experience from various compass points surrounding a ferocious low. Do this remembering which hemisphere you are in, north or south. Understanding that could mean survival. You want to avoid everything, to the extent possible, but especially the eye wall. The innermost winds are the most horrific, w
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according to all India is in Northern Hemisphere... any doubt? consult basic geography book :)
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First, there have been quite a few times when a country has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics together. These Olympics included;\n\n1924 (France) – Summer was in Paris and the Winter was in Chamonix\n\n1932 (USA) –Summer was in Los Angeles, California and the winter was held in Lake Placid, New York\n\n1936 (Germany) –Summer was in Berlin and the winter was in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\n\nSecond, there has also been the Roman Numeral Number of an Olympics been held for both summer and winter Olympic games. These games included;\n\nIII – St. Louis, Missouri hosted the Games of the III Olympiad in 1904 and Lake Placid hosted the Games of the III Winter Olympics in 1932\n\nXXI – Montreal, Quebec Canada hosted the Games of the XXI Olympiad in 1976 and Vancouver will host the XXI Winter Olympics in 2010\n\nFinally, If Sochi, Russia does host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Sochi will be the host of the XXII Winter Olympic Games while Moscow, Russia hosted Games of the XXII Olympiad in 1980.