You probably mean "aphelion", which is the term to use for a body orbiting around a sun. Aphelion is when a body, like the earth, is at its farthest point in its orbit around its sun. When the earth is at aphelion, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. People in the northern hemisphere are enjoying summer at that time. It does seem odd to us (in the north) that summer happens when earth is farthest from the sun, but remember that it is the tilt of earth's axis that gives rise to the seasons, and not our absolute distance from the sun.
In its orbit around the sun. Just as it is during all the other seasons.
Referring to the seasons in the northern Hemisphere . . .
-- The Earth is slightly closer to the sun in Winter, and slightly farther from the sun
in Summer. (Yes. That's worded correctly.)
-- In Summer, the Earth is on the side of the sun that faces the center of the galaxy.
In Winter, it's on the side of the sun that faces awayfrom the center of the galaxy.
No, it does not. We in the north are currently enjoying our summer season, and we are around the time when earth is farthest away from the sun. Aphelion is in early July. It is earth's tilt on its axis and not the planet's distance from the sun that governs the seasons.
Well when it's winter in the northernhemisphere (united states, Asia, Europe any place north of the equator) the earth is tilted away from the sun, while south of the equator, southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun so it's summer. When it's winter in the southern hemisphere it's summer in the north.
That depends on which side of the Earth you are referring to.
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The Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth is closest to the Sun on January 4, and farthest from the Sun about July 4. (These dates can slide a day or two each way, depending on the cycle of leap years.) The difference isn't much; just over a million miles or so.
So if you live in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is closest to the Sun in winter. If you live in the southern hemisphere, January is in the summer.
The part of the earth ... northern or southern hemisphere ... that's tilted toward the sun
at any particular time is experiencing Summer.
Winter is the season in the hemisphere that's tilted awayfrom the sun.
Yes, but only in Australia. The Earth's orbit is an ellipse, and is closest to the Earth about January 4 each year. So northern hemisphere winters happen when the Earth is CLOSEST to the Sun.
It Is closest to the earth In the winter.
earth is closer to the Sun during our winter
More of the Sun's rays directly hit a particular region on Earth during the summer than during the winter.
During the southern Hemisphere winter, the earth's north pole 'leans' toward the sun, while its south pole 'leans' away from the sun.
You have winter when earth is near the sun
During its Perigee 363,104 km, at its apogee its 405,696 km distance.
its closer at perigee than at apogee.
Apogee is the point at which the moon is farthest from the earth where as perigee is the point at which the moon is closest to the earth.
"Apogee" means the point in the moon's orbit where it's farthest from earth.
Apogee means Far from the earth..... It's not Pengee its Perigee... Perigee means near from the earth...
If you're talking about . . . parts of the earth: The very top and bottom face The dark side winter; summer; fall; or spring? Winter The point in the Earth's orbit at which the Earth is farthest from the sun is called the Earth's aphelion. -HW
An apogee is the point in the orbit of an object (such as a moon or a spacecraft) where it is furtherest from the center or surface of the object it is orbiting. The apogee of the moon is when it is furtherest from the earth's center.
Apogee is the farthest distance between the moon (or a satellite) in its orbit around earth.
Apogee
Perigee is the opposite of appogee. Perigee is the point in the orbit of the moon at which it is nearest to the earth. Apogee the point in the orbit of the moon at which it is furthest from the earth.
When an intercontinental ballistic missile is fired, its apogee is usually many miles above the Earth's surface.
It Is closest to the earth In the winter.