The Earth is closest to the Sun when we are in the winter Season?

Answer 1

Yes, that can be true although the seasonality of when apehelion and perihelion occur change over time. The seasons of the Earth are controlled by the wobble in the Earth's rotation, not the distance to the Sun. The Earth's orbit is not very eccentric since the Sun has so much more mass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perihelion

Answer 2

Yes, for the North hemisphere. The earth rotates around the Sun in an ellipse (oval) not a circle When the earth is closet to the sun it is called perihelion. It is reversed for the southern hemisphere. Winter in the south occurs during summer in the north and happens at the point in the ellipse when the earth is furthest from the sun (aphelion).

Answer 3

Yes, that's true. The Earth experiences perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, in January, while the northern hemisphere is experiencing winter. The closeness of the Earth to the Sun is essentially unrelated to the change of the seasons. The Earth's orbit is very nearly circular, so it's the tilt of the planet that governs the seasons. The Earth is close to the Sun during our winter, but the north pole is tilted away from it. The orbit of Mars, on the other hand, is much more elliptical. As a result, changes in the planet's distance from the Sun have about as much influence as axial tilt on climatological variation, although the seasons are still typically defined based on axial tilt.

Answer 4

If you mean winter in the northern hemisphere, then yes. Earth's orbit changes from being almost circular to an elliptical orbit over a 100,000 year cycle (mostly caused by the gravity pulls on Earth from Jupiter and Saturn). The ellipticity change is from .005 - .0607 and we are currently at .0167. As previously stated, the current point of perihelion is January 3 and aphelion is at July 4. This causes Spring and Summer to currently be about 7 1/2 days longer than Autumn and Winter in the northern hemisphere. The point of perihelion also changes in a cycle of 22,000 years. This means that 11,000 years from now perihelion will occur in July and aphelion in January.

It is obliquity which causes seasons. Obliquity changes from 22 - 25 degrees over a 41,000 year cycle.

For further study on these and other cycles and their effect on glaciation and solar radiation, see Milankovitch cycles.

Answer 5

The seasons are due to the tilt of the earth's axis. The northern hemisphere experiences winter when it does due to the sun's rays striking the earth at a less direct angle than during the summer. At the same time, it is summer in the southern hemisphere due to the sun's rays directly striking the earth's surface. In your question "we" depends on what part of the earth you are located. Either way, distance from the sun varies insignificantly compared to how the sun's rays strike the earth and has no bearing on the season.

Answer 6

On January 4, 2003, our Earth made its closest approach to the Sun for the year-- an event astronomers call perihelion. At perihelion, the Earth is about 147.5 million km away from the Sun.

Answer 7

Yes we are.
I wonder if this changes within 10,000 years.
Maybe in 10,000 years we aren't closest to the sun, could this effect global warming or cooling? hmm.

Answer 8

Yes, it is.
How hot it is depends on the shade factor. That is, the inclination of the sun. More direct sun light, such as 90 degree,
more intensity it is.

Answer 9

yes, it is.

Answer 10

no...just...no...