Earth Orbit | MCQs

Explanation

Earth revolves around the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds.

The time a planet takes to revolve around the sun is called a year.

Explanation

• The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is an ellipse, meaning that it is an elongated circle, with the Sun located at one of the two foci (plural of focus) of the ellipse.
• This means that the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies throughout the year.
• With the closest point (perihelion) occurring around early January.
• With the farthest point (aphelion) occurring around early July.
  

Explanation

Earth is closest to the sun every year in early January, when it's winter for the Northern Hemisphere.

Earth is farthest away from the sun in early July, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.