Aphelion 2022: Earth Is Farthest From The Sun Today
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The reason why aphelion and perihelion exist is because the Earth has an elliptical orbit, instead of perfect circular one.
Fourth of July is not only special for the United States of American, but also for the Earth. On this day, it was at its farthest point from the Sun - a phenomenon which astronomers call aphelion.
At 0700 GMT (12.30pm), the Earth was 94.51 million miles (152.1 million kilometres) away from the Sun, reported space.com. This was 1.67 per cent farther from the mean Earth-Sun separation, it quoted geophysicist Chris Vaughan as saying.
According to timeanddate, Earth will be closest to the Sun - known as perihelion - on January 4, 2023, when it will be 91.4 million miles (147.1 million km) away from the Sun.
The reason why aphelion and perihelion exist is because the Earth has an elliptical orbit, instead of perfect circular one.
