How far is the Earth in Miles from the Sun.?

Answer 1

Varies from 91.5 million to 94.5 million miles, depending on the time of year. Actually, the earth just passed aphelion (the furthest distance from the sun) yesterday, July 3. Perihelion (closest) occurs in early January.

Answer 2

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, after Mercury and Venus. The average distance between Earth and the Sun is 150 million km (93 million mi). Earth and all the other planets in the solar system revolve, or orbit, around the Sun due to the force of gravitation. The Earth travels at a velocity of about 107,000 km/h (about 67,000 mph) as it orbits the Sun. All but one of the planets orbit the Sun in the same plane—that is, if an imaginary line were extended from the center of the Sun to the outer regions of the solar system, the orbital paths of the planets would intersect that line. The exception is Pluto, which has an eccentric (unusual) orbit.


Orbit

Earth’s orbital path is not quite a perfect circle but instead is slightly elliptical (oval-shaped). For example, at maximum distance Earth is about 152 million km (about 95 million mi) from the Sun; at minimum distance Earth is about 147 million km (about 91 million mi) from the Sun. If Earth orbited the Sun in a perfect circle, it would always be the same distance from the Sun.

Answer 3

The Sun on average, is around 150 million kilometres (93 million miles) from the Earth (the distance from the Earth to the Sun is called the Astronomical Unit).

Answer 4

I read today in a UK paper that at present the sun is at its furthest point away from the earth that it reaches, that is some 3 million miles futher than the average distance (93 million or thereabouts). Ironic given that we are experiencing the hottest day of the year. So I guess the answer to your question must be about 96 million or thereabouts.

Answer 5

As given above, we are 1au from the sun.
However unlike above, science deals in kilometres, not miles.
Earth is 150 million kkilometres from the sun.

However the earth does not stay a constant distance from the sun, it ranges from 152.5 to 147 million km. In the northern winter the Earth is closer. So this means the summer is colder in the northern hemisphere than it is in the southern.

This distance is approimately 3 light seconds.

So if you were to make a space ship that travelled the speed of light then you could reach the sun in 3 seconds. In comparison it would take you 4.3 years to reach the next closest sun which is called Proxima. (this can be seen as the southern most star of the pointer for the southern cross)

Answer 6

The earth's orbit is elliptical rather than a perfect circle and the furthest distance away from the sun is called Aphelion and the nearest distance we get to the sun is called Perihelion. We were at Aphelion today and will be at Perihelion on January 4th 2007, (the words come from Helios, the Greek word for the sun),

The moon's orbit is similarly elliptical and the corresponding terms for the moon's distance from the earth are Perigee and Apogee.

Answer 7

Minimum Distance from Sun: 146 million km
(91 million miles)
Maximum Distance from Sun: 152 million km
(94.5 million miles)

Answer 8

About 92 million miles.

Answer 9

92955887 miles is 1AU and the distance between the Earth and the sun (furthest normal range)
92 million miles to 93 million miles is the range of distance as we don't know exactly but 1AU is 92955887 miles.

Answer 10

the Earth is 93 million mi from the sun [about a year]