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Astronomy Picture of the Day (Welcome to Perihelion) rth’s orbit around the Sun is not a circle, it’s an ellipse. This year perihelion is today, January 4, at 13:28 UTC, with the Earth about 147 million kilometers from the Sun. - January 4, 2025 - Shared through Genyframe (Nasa Explorer) by @compez.eth - From Effort to Achievement – $GENY Helps You Share Your Path! 🌟
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For comparison, at aphelion on last July 3 Earth was at its farthest distance from the Sun, some 152 million kilometers away. It’s only by coincidence that the beginning of southern summer (northern winter) on the December solstice - when this H-alpha picture of the active Sun was taken - is within 14 days of Earth’s perihelion date. And it’s only by coincidence that Earth’s perihelion date is within 11 days of the historic perihelion of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Launched in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe flew within 6. 2 million kilometers of the Sun’s surface on 2024 December 24, breaking its own record for closest perihelion for a spacecraft from planet Earth. 2 million kilometers of the Sun’s surface on 2024 December 24, breaking its own record for closest perihelion for a spacecraft from planet Earth.
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Agni 🎩
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Superb 👏 👏
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Srivatsan sankaran
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Wow stunning
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Satish Acharya
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Amazing!
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