The earth reaches its closest point to the sun in the evening after tomorrow, Wednesday
Planet Earth will reach the closest point in its orbit around the sun (perihelion) on Wednesday evening, January 4, 2023 AD, when the Earth will be at a distance of approximately 147 million kilometers from the sun, and a difference of approximately five million kilometers from what it was during the month of July.
And the house stated in a statement today that the earth reaches the closest point in its orbit around the sun (the perihelion point) at the beginning of January of each year, while it reaches the furthest point in its orbit around the sun (the apogee point) during the month of July of each year.
It is noteworthy that the change in the distance between the earth and the sun is not the reason for the occurrence of climate changes on the surface of the earth, but it plays an important role in influencing the number of days of the four astronomical seasons, in addition to that this phenomenon is a natural phenomenon, and it does not have any negative effects on the inhabitants of the globe. As non-professionals claim.
She explained that there is a strange paradox, although the earth is at the closest point to the sun in the month of January (winter season), the temperature is low, and on the contrary, when it is at the farthest point from the sun in July (summer season), the temperature is high. This is due to the fact that the angle of fall of the sun's rays in the winter season is more inclined to the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere during the month of January, which makes it penetrate a longer distance in the atmosphere and thus lose a large part of its heat, while the angle of fall of the sun's rays is in the summer Perpendicular to the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere during the month of July, so it penetrates a shorter distance from the atmosphere and does not lose a large part of its heat, and the situation is completely opposite for the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere.
It is known that the earth, like other planets, revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit (ellipse), and the sun is in one of the two foci of this orbit, and therefore the earth is at a close point in its orbit around the sun called: (perihelion), and at another distant point in its orbit. Around the sun is called: (apogee point).
It is worth noting that Earth is the only planet among the rocky planets that has a strong magnetic envelope that protects it from storms and solar winds.
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