Question

The minimum distance between the Sun and the Earth occurs on--------.
A. December 22
B. September 22
C. June 21
D. January 3

Answer 1

Hint: We find that the Earth migrates far from the sun at ~1.5 centimeters per yr. The solar mass loss, by burning its nuclear gas, ensures that every mass orbiting in our solar system is slowly spiraling outward as time goes on.

Complete answer:
The day is on 3rd or 4th January, it is called the perihelion. That day, the gap between earth and sun was about 148 km aside. The Earth is nearest/closest to solar or at its perihelion, around two weeks following the December Solstice (twenty-first -2nd December and occurs when the sun reaches its southerly course or when North Pole (NP) is tilted farthest from the sun), while it's miles winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The perihelion is the point inside the route/orbit of a comet, planet, or asteroid that is closest/nearest to the solar. Earth is around 147.1 M-Km (or ninety-one. 4 M-miles) from the sun at perihelion around January three every year. Whilst the Earth is nearest/closest to the solar, it's miles summertime in the southern hemisphere and wintry weather within the northern hemisphere.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Note: On January 4, 2003, our Earth made its closest technique to the sun for the 12 months- an event astronomers name perihelion. At perihelion, the Earth is set 147.Five million km far from the sun. (at the finest separation, the 2 are approximately 152.6 million km aside - on the way to occur this year on July four.)