[srmanuel]

That’s obviously true, I was trying to be sarcastic....but the earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle or ellipse...so when it’s closer to the sun it will be hotter here and vice versa

[alexander_busek]

That’s obviously true, I was trying to be sarcastic....but the earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle or ellipse...so when it’s closer to the sun it will be hotter here and vice versa

Actually, for people in the Northern Hemisphere, when the Earth approaches perihelion (in early January), it's usually much colder than when the Earth approaches aphelion (in July).

Regards,

[Alas Babylon!]

Yes, but the Earth’s axis tilts. So right now, when the Earth is closest to the Sun, the Northern hemisphere is pointed away.

Imagine the global warming when it is in the opposite!

About 11,000 years (not 10)!