If earth was one mile away or closer to the sun what would happen?

Answer 1

Not much. The earth orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit, so the distance changes by many miles. We orbit the sun at a distance of over 90 million miles. One more, or one less would do nothing.

Answer 2

Even the slightest orbital replace ought to the two turn the Earth into one enormous ice dice or turn it into yet another Venus. in actuality, one hundred miles away would make yet another ice age with the aid of fact the temperature would drop drastically if faraway from the solar and one hundred miles closer would turn the warmth up, oh, enable's say boiling water. precise now the Earth is in a ideal alignment. A average replace would not be a great ingredient for us and something right here

Answer 3

Some have said the earth would be roasted, they are wrong. Orbital complications aside the earth would not be burnt up or anything, the distance between the sun and earth is beyond normal human thought. If the change was more dramatic, maybe the earth's orbit would be messed up, and it may slowly grow even closer, to the point where the earth is dramatically heated

Answer 4

One mile doesn't make a significative difference. The distance between Sun and Earth is about 150 million kms and during its orbits this distance changes from 147,5 million (peryhelion, in January) to 153 million kms (aphelion, in July). This differences doesn't affect the climate. Consider that when the Earth is nearer to the Sun, here it's winter.

Answer 5

Absolutely nothing. One mile is next to nothing in the distances involved in space.

Earth is about 8000 miles across, and its orbit varies between 91.5 million miles and 94.5 million miles from the sun, so Earth's distance from the sun already varies by about 3 million miles. One mile would make no difference whatsoever, whatever the ignorant masses who insist we'd burn up may think.

Answer 6

ok, for the benefit of the argument, here's one manifestation.......imagine a plane, it flies miles above earth's surface and its position relative to sun varies not only a mile away or closer when flying. Yes we can see temperature changes but that was not enough to roast or froze the plane.......therefore I can conclude that whether the earth was one mile away or closer to the sun, it has no significant effect to worry about...........

Answer 7

A lot of really incorrect answers here.

The earth's orbit is elliptical, so it is often closer or further away from the sun. One mile amongst many millions would make no discernible difference.
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Answer 8

If earth was one mile away from the sun earth would quickly evaporate to become part of the suns atmosphere. If earth got closer, say to Venus distance from the sun, earth would go the way of Venus and become a boiling superheated world.

Answer 9

The Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun, and sometimes it is closer, sometimes farther.

One mile would do nothing. NOTHING.

Answer 10

Not a lot. We and all plant and animal life would have been fried long before Earth got that close. So I suppose earth would just crash into the sun and be swallowed up.