If Earth lay on its side with its rotation in the plane of the ecliptic but rotated at the same rate it does now,
A) there would be points on the surface that would constantly receive sunlight.
B) there would still be equinox positions in Earth's orbit.
C) one pole would constantly experience summer while the other experienced perpetual winter.
D) there would be permanent ice caps.
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