Earth to be farthest from sun Friday, but don’t expect cool temps On Friday morning, the Earth will be at the farthest point from the sun on its annual orbit — but don’t expect a break from the heat wave. While our planet will be at the point called aphelion at 9 a.m. Friday, the distance from the sun doesn’t affect temperature much, said Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL solar system ambassador to Utah. In fact, the Earth was closest to the Sun in frigid January. On ...
July 3, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Happy (or is it Merry?) Aphelion This Friday This 4th of July weekend brings us one more reason to celebrate. On July 5th at approximately 11:00 AM EDT/15:00 UT, our fair planet Earth reaches aphelion, or its farthest point from the Sun at 1.0167 Astronomical Units (A.U.s) or 152,096,000 kilometres distant.(...)Read the rest of Happy (or is it Merry?) Aphelion This Friday (1,028 [...]
July 2, 2013 - Universe Today