The point where the Earth is closest to the sun during the year

If you look at the sun on January 2, you will probably see it larger than usual, because that is the day the Earth reaches perihelion in its orbit in 2013.

150 million km is the average distance between the sun and the earth. Photo: wordpress.com.

At perihelion (the closest point in its orbit to the sun) yesterday, the distance between Earth and the sun was 147,098,161 km. Even so, people probably won't notice the difference in the size of the sun's disk when it reaches perihelion compared to when it reaches its farthest point. The difference in the sun's size at those two points is only 3.4% - a ratio too small for the human eye to detect, Space reported.

The average distance between the sun and the earth is about 150 million kilometers. The blue planet will reach its farthest point from the sun on July 5. There it will be 152,097,427 kilometers from the sun.

So what will humans feel when the Earth reaches perihelion? We will probably feel a little hotter, because the closer the Earth is to the Sun, the more heat it receives. In fact, the temperature difference on Earth at perihelion and at its farthest point from the Sun is 2.3 degrees Celsius.

According to VnExpress - VT