12-22-2021, 07:49 PM
(12-22-2021, 04:38 PM)Jayaruh Wrote:(12-22-2021, 03:52 PM)MaineYooper Wrote: I forgot to post my SOTD yesterday, and I wanted to post this for any fellow science/astronmy geeks!
Note: we don't move closer and farther away in summer and winter respectively, but due to Earth's axial tilt, the sun's rays strike us differently throughout our orbit around the sun, thus creating the seasons for those not near the equator!
Earth's orbit is elliptical. It's closest to the sun around January 2 and farthest from the sun around July 4.
True! Which befuddled my students because if we're closer, why is it colder?

