The Earth's center, or a point very close to it inside the Earth, is exactly
following the orbit. So there are always two points on the surface that are
exactly on the orbit. It seems to me that these points would have to be in
the Tropics, and would have to move along the surface as the Earth turns.
It's not possible for ANY point on the surface to ever be more than about
6,200 miles from one of these points where the orbit actually meets the
surface.
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0.523 AU apart. On average. Neither the earth's orbit, or particularly Mars' orbit are perfect circles. So "closest approach" is rarely this distance.
An ellipse.
the earths orbit because the earths orbit is the size of earth + the size of the moon
Moon and earth distance
Earths Orbit? Earths Orbit?
The distance actually depends on the orbit of the Earth and Moon, with 221,665 miles at the shortest point and 252,525 miles at the farthest point.
The link sends you to a good over-all article to start with.
The Earth is in an elliptical orbit around the Sun, with a minimum distance (perihelion) of 147,098,074 km, and a maximum distance (aphelion) of 152,097,701 km. The Moon is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, with a minimum distance (perigee) of 363,104 km and a maximum distance (apogee) of 405,696 km.
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Venus
Usually orbiting Earth, that is, in an orbit around Earth, but fairly close to Earth - a few 100 km. distance from Earth's surface, at most.Usually orbiting Earth, that is, in an orbit around Earth, but fairly close to Earth - a few 100 km. distance from Earth's surface, at most.Usually orbiting Earth, that is, in an orbit around Earth, but fairly close to Earth - a few 100 km. distance from Earth's surface, at most.Usually orbiting Earth, that is, in an orbit around Earth, but fairly close to Earth - a few 100 km. distance from Earth's surface, at most.
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Not much would change. Note that the seasons are NOT related to changes in the distance from the Sun.
It's not in Earths orbit. Halley's orbit [See Link] is highly elliptical, and focused on the Sun. Its perihelion, its closest distance to the Sun, is just 0.6 AU (between the orbits of Mercury and Venus), while its aphelion, or farthest distance from the Sun, is 35 AU, or roughly the distance of Pluto
The semi-major axis of Earth's elliptic orbit around the Sun is approximately 149.6 million kilometers. This distance represents the average distance between Earth and the Sun.