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During the course of the year, we have different seasons. This is the result of the sun and how the earths tilt is different over the course of the different seasons. During the winter months the earth's axis is tilted away from the sun and during the summer months the earth is tilted closer to the sun and the sun has a more direct ray. My question is, based on this idea of the sun and the tilt of the earth over the course of the year, does it affect how much TEC (total electron count) can pass through the atmosphere at any given time? Would we receive more TEC during the winter months or the summer months? In what seasons are we more likely to have more TEC in our atmosphere? Based on this information, does the TEC affect how many muons enter into our atmosphere and hit the cosmic ray detectors? Does the result of less TEC bring about less or more muons into our atmosphere?