When Earth is Closest and Farthest from the Sun in 2024
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The bottom illustration shows the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the sun, but calls it "Northern Winter/Southern Summer." Labels are misapplied here.
But good article explaining the seasons' independence from perihelion & aphelion!
To me, it would make more sense if the earth was warmer if the suns closer and vice Versa.. but then again I don’t really believe in space theory and neither did our ancients! Interesting, nonetheless.
Why is perihelion later in 2025, and aphelion is earlier in 2025? I would have expected both to change in the same direction.
Excellent question! Not having our astronomer available at the moment to confirm, our best guess is that it might have something to do in part with the variations in Earth’s orbit around the Sun (which involves the Earth/Moon orbit around a barycenter), and perhaps gravitational influences of other planets.
The definitions provided are contradictory of the Greek translation.
Didn’t the introduction say the earth is closer to the sun in January? The paragraph accompanyting the NASA diagram states the opposite.
Thank you, we have updated the article!
Aphelion is afar, the Earth is further away from the sun.
Perehelion is Pretty Close, the Earth is closer to the Sun .
Great way to remember it!