Which season begins in the northern hemisphere when the sun reaches its greatest distance southe of the equator?

Answer 1

The 'perihelion' is the point during the orbit of Earth when our planet is closest to the sun. The date of the perihelion was January 3rd. The point when Earth is farthest from the sun is called the 'aphelion.' It will occur on July 7th. It does not matter if you are in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere. The changing of the seasons is due to the tilt of the Earth's axis, not its varying proximity to the sun. The dates of the perihelion and the aphelion actually change over long periods of time. Our twelve month calendar, the time it takes to go completely around the sun, is called a 'tropical' year. The time it takes to go from one perihelion to the next is called an 'anomalistic' year, and an anomalistic year is about 25 minutes longer than the tropical year. This means that the date of the perihelion changes by one day every 58 years, and 'regresses' entirely through a tropical in approximately 21,000 years. It is thought by many scientists that such a change might have a long term effect on the Earth's climate.

Answer 2

Technically, since it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere when it is summer in the northern hemisphere and vice versa, it is more important to point out that the hemisphere tilted away from the sun is the hemisphere experiencing winter, while the hemisphere tilted towards the sun is in summer. The earth is actually closer to the sun while the Northern hemisphere is in the winter season in January.

Answer 3

The sun is closest to the Earth in summer, but only in one hemisphere. Remember that when it's summer in the northern hemisphere, it's winter in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa. The only time when the sun is equally close to BOTH hemispheres at the same time is during the spring/autumn seasons. While one hemisphere is in the spring season, the opposite hemisphere is in autumn/fall because those 2 seasons are in between the longest and shortest seasons, or in other words........ the sun is halfway between the closest and the fartherest extremes that the summer and winter seasons bring.

Answer 4

No (if you live in the Northern hemisphere) Yes(if you live in the southern hemisphere) and call the warmest season "summer", If you consider summer the season when the hemisphere is tilted on its axis towards the sun giving the hemisphere more direct sunlight.

Perihelion (Earth furthest from Sun) is around July 4 and Aphelion (closest to the Sun) is around January 4.

Answer 5

The norther hemisphere of Earth is tilted most toward the sun during the summer of the northern hemisphere. Being tilted towards the sun increases the ambient temperature of the region, increases the sun angle at noon, and the amount of sunlight per day. These are all characteristics associated with summer.

Answer 6

it is Fall because at 5:00PM when it is Fall it would be real dark outside and in the summer or spring at 5:00pm it would still be daylight. that's why it saysdaylight savings on march 10 becausethe earth is not tilted anymore to the dark side.. so the answer is Fall

Answer 7

This is depending on the Earth's Position because when we are coming out of Winter into Spring we are technically closer to the Sun when we move into the Winter-Spring Transition but in the same way, when the Summer-Autumn/Fall transition begins we are the same distance away from the Sun than we were at the Winter-Spring transition. Therefore taking these two metioned transitions, we are closer to the Sun in Spring and Autumn/Fall.

Answer 8

In the northern hemisphere, it is Winter; in the southern hemisphere, it is Summer.

In the northern hemisphere, it is Winter; in the southern hemisphere, it is Summer.

In the northern hemisphere, it is Winter; in the southern hemisphere, it is Summer.

In the northern hemisphere, it is Winter; in the southern hemisphere, it is Summer.

Answer 9

In the Northern Hemisphere, it is higher in the summer, when that part of the Earth is tilted toward the Sun, which appears to move along a higher latitude than in winter (sunlight is closer to vertical in summer). The opposite goes for the Southern Hemisphere.

Answer 10

When the the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.