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Earth At Aphelion
Friday, July 5, 2013 6:32
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EARTH AT APHELION: Today, you are farther from the sun than usual. Earth’s orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, it’s an ellipse, and on July 5th, Earth is at the most distant end of the curve.
Astronomers call this “aphelion.” When we are at aphelion, the sun appears smaller in the sky (by 1.7%) and global solar heating is actually a little less (by 3.5%) than the yearly average. This provides scant relief from northern summer heat
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