"It's kind of poetic," she said softly. "We are never more intimate with our star than we are in the dead of winter. We are as close as we can possibly be, yet we turn our face away."
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun during our winter, the Sun's rays hit us at a more shallow angle and for fewer hours, drastically reducing the solar energy we receive, far outweighing the slight increase in total solar radiation due to Earth's proximity to the Sun. However, for the Southern Hemisphere, January is summertime, as it is tilted toward the Sun, and the closer proximity to the Sun makes its summers slightly warmer than those in the Northern Hemisphere.
The point in a planet's orbit where it is closest to the Sun. The word comes from the Greek words peri (meaning near) and helios (meaning Sun). during which month is the earth closest to the sun link
This is about 5 million kilometers closer than when we are at our furthest point (Aphelion) in early July. If We’re Closer, Why Is It Cold?
"So," Maya mused, warming her hands on the cup. "We are closest to the sun in , usually around the 3rd or 4th. But because we are tilted away, we freeze." "It's kind of poetic," she said softly
Conversely, Earth is farthest from the Sun, known as , in early July, where it sits about million kilometers ( million miles) away. Perihelion and Earth's Orbit
time to visit the sun. But in a plot twist that defies common logic, our planet actually reaches its closest approach to our parent star during this freezing month. However, for the Southern Hemisphere, January is summertime,
The tilt is so influential that it overrides the 7% increase in solar energy Earth receives in January. This is why, for the Northern Hemisphere, closeness does not equate to warmth.
