(The Gist of Science Reporter) Aphelion day – Earth was Farther Away from the Sun

 [SEPTEMBER-2019]

Aphelion day – Earth was Farther Away from the Sun

• Aphelion day which occurs once in a year took place on 4 July 2019 for this year. 
• On this day Earth reaches aphelion — maximum distance nearly of 152.1 million kilometres from the Sun which was farthest than at any other time of the year. 
• The aphelion distance was almost 1.67% farther than the average distance between Earth and the Sun. Earth experienced perihelion distance on 3 January 2019.

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