2007-06-15 22:27:38 · 6 answers · asked by No Bootie for You 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
During the northern winter earth is actually in perihelion, the point in its orbit that brings it closest to the sun. The difference in distance between perihelion and aphelion (roughly where we are now) is 4.49 million kilometers.
(in the nasa story above the author has set earths semimajor axis at 150 million km while it in actuality is 149.6 million km)
2007-06-15 22:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Earth's perihelion is around January 3rd. That's 5.1 million kilometers closer to the sun than the aphelion near the 4th of July.
2007-06-16 05:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by supastremph 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in winter earh is a little closer to the sun then in summer
2007-06-16 05:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by Voice of Insanity 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No sweety, the earth is closer to the sun. We orbit around the sun not the other way round ;)
2007-06-16 05:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-06-16 05:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by quackpotwatcher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-06-16 05:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by Joe D 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋