Is Mars at its Aphelion or Perihelion during the Southern Summer?

Answer 1

All of which means that the seasons in the Martian southern hemisphere are more extreme than in the north. This is even more exaggerated than it would be on Earth because the presence of large bodies of water has a moderating effect on temperature changes.

Answer 2

Mars takes 1.88 Earth years to orbit the Sun. Therefore, the mean time from aphelion to perihelion should be close to 0.94 Earth year (11.3 months)

Aphelion late June 2006
Perihelion June 5, 2007
Aphelion May 13, 2008
etc.

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Like Earth, the date of perihelion and aphelion have nothing to do with the seasons on Mars. Mars's axis of rotation is tilted compared to its rbital plane. It too has equinoces and solstices that determine the seasons on each hemisphere.

Answer 3

Mars is at perihelion during summer in its southern hemisphere. I assume you were asking about Martian seasons, as there is no synchronization between the orbit of Mars and Earth seasons.

Answer 4

I am assuming you are speaking in relation to Mars' orbit and therefore Mars is near perihelion when it is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the north, and near aphelion when it is winter in the southern hemisphere and summer in the north.

Answer 5

The nodes of the Martian orbit have no relationship to the seasons on earth.