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This is only true in the northern hemisphere and it is because of the axial tilt of the earth (about 23 degrees). The suns rays are nearer to perpendicular and therefore have less atmosphere to traverse. Six months later the rays are more nearly perpendicular in the Southern Hemisphere hence it is summer in the southern hemisphere when it is winter in the norther one.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoSeasons are a consequence of the earth's tilt, not distance from the sun. In the northern hemisphere, the earth is tilted toward the sun in June-July-August, so solar radiation is received at a more direct angle.
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∙ 14y agoNo, it's because the earth VERY slowly rocks back and forth, so in winter, either the north or south is further away from the Sun. The earth's distance doesn't change, but because of the rocking, the northern hemisphere will be further away from the sun, for example.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the distance we are from the Earth has relatively nothing to do with the temperature of the seasons. It is hotter in the summer because the sun's rays are angled more direct. This increases the amount of sunlight per unit area. Also we have longer days in the summer. This means the Earth gets heated for a longer amount of time.
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∙ 12y agoIf you're referring to planets which are further from the sun compared to the earth, then it's because of the latter. It's the sun that provides earth with energy, one form of it's energy is thermal energy, and the further away objects, or planets are from the earth, then less energy will reach resulting in lower temperature.
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∙ 10y agoAh, you must be from Australia, because the Earth is farthest away from the Sun about on July 2nd each year, which is right after the beginning of the southern hemisphere winter.
All orbits are ellipses. Earth's orbit is almost but not quite a circle; the eccentricity, or 'difference between this ellipse and a circle" is only about 3%. Earth is closest to the Sun at perihelion, around January 4 each year, and farthest away at "aphelion" around July 2.
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When the Earth moves through outer space how do these movements create daytime nightime and the four seasons?
When the earth is farthest away from the sun we have winter.
Does the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter when Earth is farthest from the sun?
NO
Aphelion is the term for when the earth's orbit brings it farthest away from what?
the sun
What is the farthest away from the planet Earth the sun the moon the planet Mars or the night stars?
The night stars are farthest from the Earth. The other three objects -- Sun, Moon, and Mars -- are all within the Earth's solar system.
Why is it true that when the sun is closer to the earth that the northern hemisphere is in winter?
Yes, the sun is slightly closer to the earth in the winter. It is colder because the slant of the earth's axis is away from the sun.
Why do you experience different seasons as the earth orbits the sun?
Because Earth's orbit is elliptical, not circular. So, when Earth is farthest away from the sun, it is winter, and when its closest to the sun, it is summer.
How are solstices determined?
The solstices are determined by the distance the Earth is from the sun in its orbit. Winter is when the sun is farthest away relative to the Earth's tilt. Summer occurs when the opposite is true.
When the Earth moves through outer space how do these movements create daytime nightime and the four seasons?
When the earth is farthest away from the sun we have winter.
Does the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter when Earth is farthest from the sun?
NO
What is it called when the earths axial tilt is farthest away from the sun?
winter
What is the distance of the earth from the sun when it is farthest from the sun?
2000 feet away
Why does the northern hemisphere winter not occur when the earth is farthest form the sun at aphelion?
Seasons are not controlled by the distance from the sun, but by the tilt of the earth in relation to the sun. Tilted away, cooler. Tilted towards, warmer.
Is the sun farther in the winter?
Yes. OK, that's not very helpful. The Earth's orbit is an ellipse, farthest away from the Sun on July 4, closest to the Sun on January 4. (Plus or minus one day due to the cycle of leap years!) So in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is closest to the Sun in the winter, and farthest from the Sun in the summer. In the southern hemisphere, the Earth is closer in the summer and farther away in the winter. The difference isn't very much; only about a million miles or so.
How the movements of the earth creates seasons?
Beacause the earth is tilted on its axis by 23 1/2 degrees and the earth is spinning, plus, it is rotating around the sun we get our seasons. When the earth is farthest away from the sun we have winter, when the earth is closest to the sun we have summer.
How the movement of the earth creates seasons?
Beacause the earth is tilted on its axis by 23 1/2 degrees and the earth is spinning, plus, it is rotating around the sun we get our seasons. When the earth is farthest away from the sun we have winter, when the earth is closest to the sun we have summer.
At what point is the northern hemisphere pointed the farthest away from the sun?
At the winter solistice.
What is the term given when a planet is the farthest point away from the sun?
winter solstice
