Today the Earth is its closest to the Sun in its yearly orbit. It is .983273 AU (91420479 miles or 147095551 km). And aphelion will be July 4, 2009.
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Happy Perihelion Day (1/4)…
Published January 4, 2009 Astronomy , Science Leave a CommentTags: earth, moon, perihelion, Science, sun
Happy Winter Solstice Day (12/22)…
Published December 22, 2008 Astronomy , Science Leave a CommentTags: cold outside, solstice, winter
Today is the first full day of winter solstice, although it officially began yesterday 12/21 according to GMT, but it was nighttime our time, so this is the first full day that we can welcome in old man Winter.
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