An illustration of the aphelion and perihelion phenomenon. [Encyclopædia Britannica] As a result, Earth is sometimes closer, and sometimes far away from the sun, with the closest point being ...

which is about 45 million kilometers from Earth's orbit. These NEAs are usually classified into 4 groups—Atira, Aten, Apollo, and Amor—based on their perihelion distance (q), aphelion distance ...

If it seems strange that our two worlds make their closest approach after Earth has lapped Mars, remember that both orbits are noncircular, with points of perihelion and aphelion when the planets ...

As is general knowledge, we track a day on Earth as lasting ... January during perihelion, which is its closest point to the Sun, and moves slowest in early July during aphelion, which is its ...

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Calendar House announced that Venus, the brightest planet in our solar system, will reach its closest point to the sun (perihelion) on Wednesday evening, Sha'ban 20 ...