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no, the tilt of the earth means you are further away on the earth
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Is earth farther away from the sun in the winter?
no, the tilt of the earth means you are further away on the earth
Why in winter days is it still cold in day?
the earth is tilted farther away from the sun.
What to things causes the seasons to happen on earth?
The earth revolves around the sun, as it gets farther away, it becomes winter and closer summer.
How would you prove that the distance from sun has nothing to do with the season change on the earth?
because wen its winter we are closer to the sun and wen we are farther away we are in summer
How does the revolution of the earth around the sun cause the seasons?
The farther the sun gets away from the earth, the colder it is, that is WInter and Fall. The closer it gets the warmer it gets. That is Spring and Summer.
Why does the sun look smaller from Mars than from Earth?
Because Mars is farther away from the Sun than the Earth. Anything farther away will look smaller.
Why are the night longer in winter?
Winter occurs at different times of the year for the northern and southern hemispheres, and both the seasons and duration of night are caused by the same thing! The earth rotates at a tilt in relation to how the sun faces the earth. During the winter, the sun is farther away from that part of the earth, and as such it spends more of its time facing away from the earth.
Is the sun farther in the winter?
Yes. OK, that's not very helpful. The Earth's orbit is an ellipse, farthest away from the Sun on July 4, closest to the Sun on January 4. (Plus or minus one day due to the cycle of leap years!) So in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is closest to the Sun in the winter, and farthest from the Sun in the summer. In the southern hemisphere, the Earth is closer in the summer and farther away in the winter. The difference isn't very much; only about a million miles or so.
Is this winter expected to colder than last year?
Yes... because since all through these passed years the Sun keeps going farther and farther away from Earth......
During winter months does earth travel away from the sun?
If one end of the earth's axis is leaning away from the sun, then the other end must be leaning toward it. Whichever half of the earth happens to be leaning away has Winter, while the half that's leaning toward the sun at the same time has Summer at the same time.
Why is the sun lower in the sky during the winter?
The sun never moves although it might seem to hang low it's just the position of the earth.
Why does winter have to be the shortest day of the year?
During winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the earth is tilted by its axis so the Northern Hemisphere is away from the sun and the Southern Hemisphere is closer to the sun. During winter in the Southern Hemisphere, the earth axis is tilted the other way, so that the Northern Hemisphere is closer to the sun and the Southern Hemisphere is farther away.
