Seasonal Lag - Seasonal Lag On Other Planets

Seasonal Lag On Other Planets

Other planets have different seasonal lags. The gas giants Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, as well as Saturn's moon Titan, all have substantial seasonal lags corresponding to the equivalent of between two and three months in Earth terms. Mars, on the other hand, has negligible seasonal lag of no more than a few days. For the case of Venus no seasonal lag would be detected, because the planet undergoes no seasons. And for Mercury, no seasonal lag would also be detected, even for its "anomalistical seasons" since it has no atmosphere.