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What is the astronomical term for the point at which the sun is furthest from equator?
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∙ 15y ago
The sub-solar point is the point on the planet's surface where the Sun is (at some given moment) directly overhead. So it is the place on the planet's surface momentarily closest to the Sun.
However the question asks where the planet is nearest the Sun, so I'd say this means a point in its orbit where it's closest. This is called perihelion (the furthest point from the Sun on an orbit is aphelion). The Earth currently reaches perihelion in early January.
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If one considers the orbiting planet around the Sun, the closest point is called Perihelion. Peri for close and Helion for Sun. The furthest point is the Aphelion.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoAt the northern hemisphere's Summer Solstice (June 21 or 22) the sub-point of the Sun (the sub-point is the point where an astronomical body is straight up) is 23.6 degrees north of the equator, which is the Tropic of Cancer.
On the northern hemisphere's winter Solstice (December 21 or 22, depending on the cycle of leap years) the Sun's sub-point is 23.6 degrees south of the equator, touching the Tropic of Capricorn.
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∙ 12y agoAphelion (perihelion is when it at it's closest).
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