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Earth is closest to the sun right now, so why aren’t we roasting alive?
Every year in early January, Earth reaches the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, a moment astronomers call perihelion.
Earth’s orbit around the Sun isn’t a perfect circle—it’s slightly elliptical. Each year, around July 2 or 3, Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion. Around January 2 or 3, ...
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