# Conditions Necessary for a Planet to Have Unpredictable Seasons

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conditions-necessary-for-a-planet-to-have-unpredictable-seasons/661644 "2013-06-22T18:12:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conditions-necessary-for-a-planet-to-have-unpredictable-seasons/661644/41 "2013-06-26T18:52:46Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> That’s also what it actually is. The author has said that there isn’t a “real world” reason that it’s happening, and that it is supernatural/magic.

I’m aware of that, that’s what “Word of God” means in this context

> [@bouv](#):
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> He hasn’t said beyond that, so we might find out the details, we might not.

He has said the details will be revealed at the end of the series.

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