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What is the scientific name for the date that the earths is closes to the sun?

perihelion


What is the distance from earth to the sun when it is nearest from the sun?

The Earths orbital distance from the sun is 147,098,290km (91,402,641 miles) at its closest (Perihelion).


Does earths perihelion effect temperatures at the equator?

Obviously, being closer to the Sun, Earth will get more radiation. But the effect is not very significant.


Is 147 000 000 km aphelion or perihelion?

Perihelion.


When does our planet get closest to the sun?

This is also known as the Perihelion, the Earths closest approach to the sun. This is usually between January 2nd to January 5th. It varies slightly each year.


What is perihelion in solar system?

Perihelion and Aphelion are used to describe the minimum and maximum distances that a planet will be from the sun. The earths perihelion (minimum distance) is around 91.4 million miles in January, while its aphelion is around 94.5 million miles in July. These terms are only used for bodies in direct orbit around our sun, different terms are used to describe moons, and other bodies that are in orbit around something else.


What does perihelion ocur?

When an object orbiting the Sun is at its closest distance to the Sun, it is said to be in perihelion.


Why is it so cold even though we're in perihelion?

Perihelion is the point in a planet's orbit when it is nearest to the sun. Apehelion is when it's furthest from the sun. We would not be coldest at perihelion.


Why is the earths orbital velocity fastest at perihelion?

the suns gravitational pull is strongest because the earth is at its closest point to the sun.


How far is Venus' at perihelion?

At perihelion Venus is about:107,476,259 km (66,782,651.2 miles) (0.71843270 AU)


Is perihelion one of Jupiter's moons?

No. "Perihelion" is the point in the orbit of any object that revolves around the sunwhere the object is closest to the sun.The earth was at its perihelion on January 4, 2009.


What is the term for when a planet is at the point of its orbit nearest the sun?

The closest point to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion. The furthest point is called aphelion. Phil