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To: BenLurkin

I was told January 3rd in 2007...


4 posted on 01/02/2021 11:27:22 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Maybe it’s due to leap year...


6 posted on 01/02/2021 11:31:49 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator
It moves around based on the year being approximately 365.25. Also, the sun and planets rotate around a common center (the barycenter), so the exact location of the sun can move around based on where Jupiter, Saturn, the planet of preteen giggles, and Neptune are in their orbit (the other planets are too small to have any noticeable effect).

Also, as the Earth's rotation and orbit precesses, we keep the calendar aligned with the seasons rather than the perihelion and aphelion, so they shift forward about a day every 58 years.

YearPerihelionDistanceAphelionDistance
2021January 2, 2021 8:50 am91,399,454 miJuly 5, 2021 6:27 pm94,510,886 mi
2022January 4, 2022 1:52 am91,406,842 miJuly 4, 2022 3:10 am94,509,598 mi
2023January 4, 2023 11:17 am91,403,034 miJuly 6, 2023 4:06 pm94,506,364 mi
2024January 2, 2024 7:38 pm91,404,095 miJuly 5, 2024 1:06 am94,510,539 mi
2025January 4, 2025 8:28 am91,405,993 miJuly 3, 2025 3:54 pm94,502,939 mi
* All aphelion/perihelion times are in local Eastern time.

13 posted on 01/02/2021 12:50:28 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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