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The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation over time. Tomorrow on July 9, the first of three especially short days, it ...
Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...
We see some of our hottest temps when Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and coolest at the closest to the Sun ...
Earth’s orbit is fairly circular,” said Larry Wasserman, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, ... At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles.