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What an interesting question, what made you think of it?
Well lets see if I can answer it for you.
The constellation of Orion (the hunter) is a winter constellation (i.e. you can only see it in winter when the earth is on the same side of the sun to where Orion is.
Now if you look at the link I will place below, you will see that the spiral arm of our galaxy in which the Orion constellation is to be found is called the 'local spur' and this is outside the orbit that the sun makes round the galactic center. This means that in winter the sun would be between the earth and the galactic center.
Thus the answer to your question is that the season when Earth is closest to the galactic center is Northern Hemisphere Summer.
The galactic center is to be found in the constellation of Sagittarius (Sagittarius A).
This is the same time the earth is 5 million miles further away from the sun. Is it perhaps the gravity of the galaxy that is pulling on our earths orbit as well, making it slightly elliptic?
One can not argue that the gravity of the galaxy is not keeping the solar system and all the othe stars in orbit around it!
I would like to calculate what that gravitational force must be to balance the solar systems centripetal force acting to fling it outward.
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How far is the galactic center from earth?
The galactic center is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 24 - 26,000 light years (around 7,600 parsecs) from Earth.
In New York in what season is the earth actually closest in distance to the sun?
Winter!
How many light years away from earth is galactic center?
Our solar system is estimated to be between 25,000 and 28,000 light years from the centre of our galaxy, the Milkyway.
What is the galactic alignment?
This is when the earth, sun, and the center of the galaxy are all lined up. Some folks claim that galactic alignment will cause bad things to happen, but that's nonsense because this alignment happens every year around mid-December.
How long is one galactic year in earth years of the solar system?
The galactic year is about (2.25-2.50) x 108 Earth years long.
How far is the galactic center from earth?
The galactic center is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 24 - 26,000 light years (around 7,600 parsecs) from Earth.
How far is earth from the center?
The galactic center is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 24 - 26,000 light years (around 7,600 parsecs) from Earth.
Will there be a galactic alignment in 2012?
Yes, there's a galactic alignment every year. As the earth goes around the sun, at one point the earth, sun, and the center of the galaxy line up.
Is the sun or stars furtherest from earth?
The Sun is our closest star, however obviously the other galactic stars are much further from Earth than our Sun.
What is close to the center of the earth but liquid?
The closest liquid to the Earth's core that is known is magma.
Where are you in the space?
Well I am on Earth which is in the Solar System which is closer to the Outer Edge of the Milky Way than to the Galactic Center.
During which season does the Earth reach periphelion?
Winter. In the beginning of January, the Earth is closest to the sun.
At sea level which locations would be closest to the center of the Earth?
at the poles
At sea level which location would be closest to the center of the earth?
at the poles
What season is ocurring in Detroit when the earth is closest to the sun?
The Sun is closest to the Earth in January. In the northern hemisphere, it is winter at that time. The seasons are not caused by changes in the Sun-Earth distance.
In New York in what season is the earth actually closest in distance to the sun?
Winter!
Where on earth are the sun's rays most concentrated in June?
Because it is during the summer season that the earth is closest to the sun
