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Hyderabad: Amateur astronomers in Hyderabad have yet another celestial event to look forward to when the Earth will be closest to the Sun this year today. On Tuesday, at around 12.09 pm, the planet Earth will reach the closest point to Sun, a phenomenon known as Perihelion. Since Earth is on an elliptical orbit, it […]

Earth’s closest and farthest points from Sun

At 7.27 pm, the Earth will be 50,07,355 km closer to the Sun, compared with July 6 when it’s the farthest

This year, January 2 is when the earth, during its elliptical orbit around the Sun gets to the closest point it can get (Perihelion), which will be at 7.27 pm. The Earth will be 14,70,93,168 km from the Sun