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At aphelion, Earth receives 6.9% less of the solar radiation than at perihelion. Aphelion happens around July 4, so this means slightly cooler summers for the Northern Hemisphere and slightly cooler winter for the Southern Hemisphere..

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How do you use the word Aphelion?

Aphelion is the point in a planet's or comet's orbit where it is farthest from the Sun. The Earth's aphelion is 152,098,232 km.


The northern hemisphere experiences winter when the earth is farthest from the sun?

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Aphelion is the term for when the earth's orbit brings it farthest away from what?

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Which is the longest distance from sun to earth?

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The Earth aphelion occurs once per year during the month of what?

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On about July 4 the earth is the farthest from the sun at its?

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Term use when the earth is far from the sun?

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When the earth is at the maximum distance from the sun it is called?

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The earth experiences an overall cooling when it is at aphelion.?

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The sun earth aphelion occurs when?

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