What's Up July 4, 2022, LDR Earth with the Sun


 On this day, July 4, 2022, Earth is at its furthest point from the Sun. This phenomenon is called aphelion or the farthest distance between the Earth and the Sun.

When this aphelion occurs, the Earth will be 152.1 million km from the Sun. The phenomenon occurred today, Monday (4/7/2022).


While the moment of perihelion or the closest distance between the Earth and the Sun will occur on January 4, 2023. At that time, the distance can reach 147.1 million km.



The occurrence of aphelion and perihelion is because the Earth's orbit about the Sun is not a perfect circle, which is an oval trajectory.


This causes the Blue Planet to be close to the Sun or create a long distance relationship (LDR) between the two objects.


Meanwhile, if there is no aphelion and perihelion or the average distance from Earth to the Sun, normally it is 150 million km.


For information, the mention of this phenomenon comes from Ancient Greek, where helios means "Sun", apo means "far", and peri means "near".



Aphelion always occurs in early July. About two weeks after the June solstice (June Solstice), the Earth is at its farthest from the Sun.


While perihelion always occurs in early January. About two weeks after the December Solstice, Earth is closest to the Sun.


It is not the distance from the Sun that causes the seasons on Earth. Seasons occur because the Earth's axis is tilted. That's because Earth orbits the Sun at an angle so that our planet gets more or less direct sunlight at different times of the year.

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