Studying For Science test.! 7th Grade [ DONT USE BIIG WORDDSS]
2007-06-07 11:22:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, it's not at all. It's more of an oval than a circle. Here is an interesting fact. The earth is closer to the sun in the winter time and farther from the sun in the summer. The reason for this is the axis of the earth. It leans away in the winter and towards in the summer. Does that help I hope?
2007-06-07 11:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Irish 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
A. Because the Moon's rotation on it axis exactly matches it's rotation of Earth. For example, if Earth rotated on it's axis once every year, instead of once every twenty four hours, then the same side of Earth would always face the sun, just as the same side of the moon always faces the Earth. The phrase "dark side of the Moon" is a misnomer. All sides of the Moon face the sun at some point. This is even as the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. B. The circular width of the full eclipse area proves that that the Moon is currently slightly bigger than the "exact size" needed to cover the sun. When the space station snapped one of the first pictures of a full solar eclipse from space during the most recent eclipse, it was a compelling photograph that clearly showed that the Moon is larger than the exact size needed to create a full eclipse. The moon is currently moving away from the earth at a very small rate that I can't remember. In 50,000 years or more, the Moon will then be too far from Earth to create a full eclipse.
2016-05-19 03:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is NO. The Earth is closer to the Sun in December and farther from the Sun in June. ( By the way, this has nothing to do with the seasons.)
My astronomy software shows the Earth/Sun distance on June 22nd 2007 at about 152,055,534 km and 147,148,846 km on December 22, 2007.
The difference between the two values is 4906688 km. So basically this is how much the distance varies.
2007-06-07 11:41:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The date of perihelion, when the Earth is closest to the Sun, this year was January 3 at 20:00 UT (Universal Time), not December as a couple of people said.
2007-06-07 12:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. the earths orbit is an ellipse (or oval) instead of a perfect circle. so the earth varies in its distance to the sun. fun fact; if you are in the northern hemisphere, the sun is actually closest to the earth in winter. the cold is caused by the angle of the earth's tilt being away from the sun rather than the distance to the sun.
2007-06-07 11:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, at some points, it can be as little as 3 miles away from the sun. At other times, its millions of miles away...
2007-06-07 11:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋