Yes, the aphelion is on July 4th. According to the article I read, the distance is 94.5 million miles.
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Aphelion occurred on July 4th, 2014. It was the point the the earth was farthest from the sun.
Aphelion occurred on July 4th, 2014. It was the point the the earth was farthest from the sun.
The Earth reaches its aphelion (farthest distance from the Sun) about July 4 each year, at which point the Earth is 152,097,701 km away from the Sun.
Earth has a slightly elliptical orbit around the sun with an eccentricity of 1.7% or about 5 million kilometers.In July, Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion). In January, Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion).Specific dates for perihelion (closest) and aphelion (furthest):Year Perihelion Aphelion2007 January 3 July 72008 January 3 July 42009 January 4 July 42010 January 3 July 62011 January 3 July 42012 January 5 July 52013 January 2 July 52014 January 4 July 42015 January 4 July 62016 January 2 July 4This is actually due to the changes of weather.http:/www.spaceweather.com/glossary/aphelion.html
The Earth moves fastest along its orbit at its perihelion, when it's closest to the sun, around January 4, and slowest when it's at its aphelion, when it's farthest from the sun, around July 4.
The Earth reaches aphelion (point in its orbit that's farthest from the sun) around that date.
On January 4 each year (plus or minus one day, due to the cycle of leap years) the Earth is at its closest point of approach to the Sun, called "perihelion". On July 4, the Earth is at aphelion, its farthest distance from the Sun.
The aphelionis the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is farthest from the Sun. The Earth reaches its aphelion when the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing summer. The point in orbit where a planet or comet is nearest to the sun is called the perihelion. The word aphelionderives from the Greekwords, apomeaning away, off, apart and Helios(the Greek god of the sun). Earth's aphelion usually occurs sometime around July 4.
Any object in a closed orbit moves slowest when it's at the point farthest away from the central body.If the central body happens to be the sun, then the point in the orbit that's farthest from the sun iscalled "aphelion". The earth passes aphelion on July 3 or 4.
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.
Earth last reached aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, on July 4, 2023. At this point, Earth was approximately 94.5 million miles (152.1 million kilometers) away from the Sun. Aphelion occurs once a year, typically around the beginning of July.