From the back of the room, Leo, wrapped in a hoodie despite the heat, mumbled, "It’s obviously July. Or August. Look at us. We’re roasting."
"So," Maya added, turning to Leo, "if we were closest to the Sun right now... it would actually be even hotter." what month are we farthest from the sun
Mr. Henderson smiled. "Maya is correct. And Leo, your confusion is the most common misconception in astronomy. It’s called the Intuitive Fallacy ." From the back of the room, Leo, wrapped
"Exactly," Mr. Henderson said. "In early January, Earth reaches perihelion . We are about 91.4 million miles away—three million miles closer than we are right now. But because the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, we get winter. The Southern Hemisphere gets the summer then." From the back of the room