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re: distance to sun...

TB — 4/19/2007 2:28:19 PM (archived)

You can use the chart below (from this site) and the table on this site for more accurate calculations.

The Earth is actually closest to the sun in the middle of winter. Go figure.

NOTE: Vertical axis mislabeled! Should be "hundreds of millions of kilometers."

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The whole thread (28 posts)

• distance to sun... - father earth - 4/19/2007 9:20:56 AM
  • Astronomical Unit and Orbital contraction - Adam - 4/20/2007 2:11:39 AM
  • too good to be true... - pops - 4/19/2007 10:15:32 PM
  • re: distance to sun... - TB - 4/19/2007 2:28:19 PM
  • re: Try Kepler's Law - SteveS - 4/19/2007 1:25:54 PM
  • Astronomical Unit (AU) - SDF - 4/19/2007 10:22:01 AM
    • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - father earth - 4/19/2007 1:15:00 PM
      • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops eart - 4/19/2007 3:06:43 PM
        • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - TB - 4/19/2007 5:35:25 PM
          • Tidal effects - nick hoffman - 4/20/2007 1:18:22 AM
          • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops - 4/19/2007 6:58:19 PM
            • Last comment on this - TB - 4/19/2007 7:51:51 PM
            • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - Raoul - 4/19/2007 7:12:32 PM
              • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - gbaikie - 4/19/2007 10:26:29 PM
                • RAOUL WAS NOT WRONG - ARRELL - 4/20/2007 3:34:20 AM
                  • re: RAOUL WAS WRONG - gbaikie - 4/20/2007 5:01:41 AM
                    • Tides - Raoul - 4/20/2007 12:30:57 PM
                • re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops - 4/19/2007 11:19:36 PM
              • TB and Raoul - pops - 4/19/2007 9:10:44 PM
                • Sure, go for it. - TB - 4/19/2007 10:13:20 PM
                  • re: Sure, go for it. - pops - 4/19/2007 10:18:16 PM
                    • MODERATORS: I believe smyth was banned, can we please enforce it by deleting this crap? (n/t) - ARRELL - 4/20/2007 3:36:45 AM
                      • re: Moderators - TB - 4/20/2007 2:26:18 PM
                      • Agree - Peter Bruener - 4/20/2007 7:29:20 AM
                      • re: MODERATORS: - nick hoffman - 4/20/2007 7:11:26 AM
                        • re: MODERATORS: - pops - 4/20/2007 9:27:10 AM
                • Keep the suntan lotion handy - SDF - 4/19/2007 9:35:24 PM
                  • re: Keep the suntan lotion handy - pops - 4/19/2007 10:11:11 PM