Sentences with phrase «aphelion when»

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For instance, if your day happened to start when Mercury was at its aphelion, the sun would rise in the east, hover for a while, loop about the sky, and set, finally, in the west.

He also figured out the planet goes faster when it's at perihelion, nearer the sun, than when it's at aphelion, its furthest distance.

The aphelion is in early July (min TSI) and that's also aproximately when maximum annual global temperature occurs.

Croll (1864); Croll (1875); Croll predicted glaciation when the Earth was at aphelion in winter.

The eccentricity cycle affects how much more sunlight the Earth receives when it is closest to the Sun (perihelion) than when it is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and also enhances or decreases the effect on sunlight of the other two irregularities.