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What side of the earth is closest to the sun during an equinox?
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The side of the earth that is closest to the sun is always the sunlit side; this remains true at the equinoxes. An equinox happens at a single moment, and the part of the earth receiving sunlight at these moments will be different from equinox to equinox, because the equinoxes are not in synch with whole days.
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The distance from side to side through the center of the earth?
diameter
What is in side earth?
Magma
What causes the difference in temperature between summer and winter?
The said temperature is cooler compared to the surrounding environment in the Summer and warmer in the winter. Just because there is a temperature difference between the environment and the said temperature, it creates the illusion that it is cooler in the Summer and warmer in the Winter.
What area of earth receives the most direct sunlight?
There are two ways one is the dark side of the earth so the side that you are on the sun reflects on it
When it is night-time for us is it day time for people living on the other side of the earth?
Due to Earth's rotation and spin on it's axis, whatever side is facing the Sun will be in daylight and the side of the Earth not facing the Sun will have night-time. So in a nutshell; Yes.
Is earth the closest planet to Jupiter?
No. Generally speaking, Venus is the closest planet to Earth. The actual distance that Venus is from Earth varies, depending on where it is during its orbit around the sun relative to that of Earth. When Venus and Earth are on the same side of the sun, they are 38.2x106km apart; when they are on opposite sides of the sun, they are 261.0x106km apart.Mars is the second planet closest to Earth. However, if Venus is on the opposite side of the sun, Mars could temporary be closest to Earth. Mars's distance from Earth varies, from 55.7x106km when they are both at the same side of the sun, to 401.3x106km, when they are on opposite sides of the sun.
Why is a high tide on the side of the earth closest to the moon?
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Which planet is closer to Earth?
The planet that is closest to Earth depends on where the other planets are in relation to Earth. Venus can come the closest when it is on the same side of the Sun as the Earth, but Mars can be closest when Venus is on the far side of the Sun and Mars is on the same side of the sun as Earth.
What is the lunar perigee?
The side of the orbit of the moon that is closest to the Earth is the lunar perigee.
What is the closet planet to Jupiter is it mars?
Mars is closest when Jupiter and Mars are on the same side of the sun. Otherwise, if earth and Jupiter are on one side and Mars on the other, then Earth is closer. If Earth and Mars are on one side and Venus and Jupiter are on the other, than Venus is closest. When Earth, Venus, and Mars are on one side, and Mercury and and Jupiter are on the other, Mercury is closest. All four are pretty much always closer to Jupiter than Saturn ever is.
Is mercury the closest planet to earth?
It can be sometimes, but Venus can be closer than Mercury ever can; Mercury is only the closest planet to Earth when Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun from Mercury and Earth, and maybe not even then (depending on exactly where Mars is).
What occurs on the side of Earth that is closest to the moon and on the opposite side of earth?
Its day on the other side. Both sides have high tides while the other two has low tides.
Does the point on earth farthest from the moon has a high tide?
Yes. High tides happen on the point on earth closest to the moon, and the opposite side of the earth.
Which is the closest planet to the sun Mars or Earth?
Normally, Venus is, when it is on the same side of the Sun in its orbit When it isn't, either Mercury or Mars could be closer, if it was on the same side as Earth. The closest possible opposition between Earth and Venus is 38 million kilometers (23.7 million miles). No planet gets closer to Earth than Venus. But when it's on the opposite side of the Solar System, Venus can be as far as 261 million kilometers (162 million miles) away. When Mars is at its closest to Earth, the two planets are separated by about 54.6 million kilometers. The closest point in recent memory was in 2003, when Earth and Mars were separated by only 55 million kilometers. At its farthest point, the two planets can be 401 million kilometers apart.
Earth would not have seasons if there was no?
Tilt. The tilt of the earth of 23 degrees means that the parts closest to the sun have summer and the other side of the world has winter.
How does the position of earth and its orbit relate to the timing of winter and summer?
Earth's position and angle with the sun makes seasons happen. Whichever side of Earth is closest to the sun is having summer. The side furthest from the sun should be having winter.
How close does Earth's Moon get to the Sun?
The closest that the Moon gets to the Sun is 146,692,378 kilometers, which is not significantly closer than the Earth does. As the Moon orbits the earth in a regular orbit, it is the same average distance from the Sun as the Earth. At any given time the Moon is about 370 times farther from the Sun than it is from the Earth.The Moon is at the absolutely closest point when the Moon is at apogee, on the side of the Earth closest to the Sun, and the Earth is at perihelion with respect to the Sun. This absolute closest approach is incredibly rare, and the actual distance will vary each year.Overall, the Moon's "sun-side" perigee is somewhere around 405,000 km, and the perihelion of the Earth to the Sun is about 147 million km. So, the closest approach of the Moon to the Sun is about 146.5 million km, or about 0.98 AU.
