Earth last reached aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, on July 4, 2023. At this point, Earth was approximately 94.5 million miles (152.1 million kilometers) away from the Sun. Aphelion occurs once a year, typically around the beginning of July.
Perihelion and aphelion have no relationship to the seasons, although they do occurat the same time each year.If you're thinking that the Summer's heat and the Winter's cold are somehow relatedto the Earth's distance from the sun, you need to be reminded that when it's Summerin your hemisphere, it's Winter in the other one. On exactly the same day !And as for the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Russia, and everybody else in the northernHemisphere, we are closest to the sun right in the middle of our Winter, in the first fewdays of January.
the last time it erupted was this year some time
do you mean when the Earth is farthest away from the Sun? If so, then this occurs at an event called 'aphelion,' when a body is the farthest from its star in its orbit. Recently this has been and will be happening on July 4th. (Note--distance from the Sun has nothing to do with seasons. That is because of our axial tilt.)
The earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, so there is a point at which we are nearest to the sun, and a point at which we are farthest from it. The point in the orbit at which we are nearest the sun is called "perihelion". The earth passes that point at some time during the first few days in January. In 2011, it happened on January 3. The point in the orbit at which we are farthest from the sun is called "aphelion". We pass it at some time during the first few days of July.
There is no known specific date for the last day on earth. Predictions or speculations about the end of the world have been made throughout history, but there is no scientific evidence to support any specific date for such an event. It's important to focus on living in the present and making the most of the time we have.
On June 23, 2009, the Earth had not yet reached its furthest distance from the Sun. The exact date and time for aphelion varies from year to year, but generally occurs within a couple of days of July 5; for 2009, aphelion is July 4 at about 2AM Universal Time. There is no fundamental inherent connection between the solstice (which has to do with the Earth's rotation only) and aphelion (which has to do with the Earth's orbit about the Sun only).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelion
Currently, the apapsis (or aphelion) is in July.
The Earth reaches aphelion, the farthest point in its orbit around the Sun, about July 3rd each year. (That date varies a day or so either way, depending on the cycle of leap years.) Here in 2011, aphelion is on July 4th at about 3PM GMT. The US Naval Observatory's "Earth's Seasons" web site (at the link below) lists the precise time of the solstices and equinoxes, and has the perihelion and aphelion down to the hour.
Well the date it was the last time was acually March,22,1470
January 3, 2010 was the date of the "most recent" perihelion. Hopefully, not the "last" one.
Jupiter is closest to Earth when it is at opposition, which is when it is directly opposite the sun in the sky. At opposition, Jupiter is at its largest and brightest, making it an ideal time to observe the planet.
I think the most recent was actually January 4, 2001 at 5am eastern standard time.
There is no official date yet but my guess is around the same time next year as it did this year.
The aphelionis the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is farthest from the Sun. The Earth reaches its aphelion when the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing summer. The point in orbit where a planet or comet is nearest to the sun is called the perihelion. The word aphelionderives from the Greekwords, apomeaning away, off, apart and Helios(the Greek god of the sun). Earth's aphelion usually occurs sometime around July 4.
The last time was last February. But I am not sure o f the date.
The earth to sun distance varies over time, but on average it is 149,597,890km from the sun. The closest it gets is 147,098,290km (Perihelion) and the furthest it gets is 152,098,232km (Aphelion).