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Or to put it the other way around, the Earth moves closer and further away from the Sun.

Reason. Our orbital track about the Sun is elliptical in shape, NOT cicular.

The Sun lies at one of the foci of the ellipse , NOT the centre. Ther other foci can be thought of as a 'blind' foccus.

Over a period of twelve months (1 year) the Earth travels from near the Sun (perigee) to furthest from the Sun )apogee). and then swings back again.

Go to Wikipedia. Look for 'Johannes Kepler' , who gave us the law of orbital motion of sweeping equal arcs in equal times.

Subsequent research to Kepler reveals, that the ellipse that Earth follows, over a period of time , both widens to near a circle, and then narrows to a narrow ellipse.

Also , with each circuit/orbit the ellipse does not close-up, bur slightly overlaps.

This distance given from the Sun is 93,000,000 miles. This is only a mean distance, and can close to 91,000,000 miles or extand to 94,500,000 miles

So yes , the Sun becomes closer to or futher away from the Earth . All the other planets in the Solar System do this too!!!! We all 'dance' through space.

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