[UCANSEE2]

Proximity to the Sun does not account for the radical differences in surface temperatures.

Due to it's parabolic orbit, the Earth is closer to the SUN in WINTER (for North America anyway) and further away during the SUMMER.

[PIF]

Proximity to the Sun does not account for the radical differences in surface temperatures.

Due to it's parabolic orbit, the Earth is closer to the SUN in WINTER (for North America anyway) and further away during the SUMMER.

Huh? What's that have to do with anything? Venus is always closer to the Sun than the Earth ... but not close enough to the Sun to account for the radical temperature differences, as I said.