[SunkenCiv]

Figure A. The noontime position of the Sun in the sky, plotted over a year, produces a figure eight-shaped curve known as the analemma. Earth's elliptical orbit produces the curve of the analemma. Its lowest and highest points are, respectively, the winter and summer solstices. The vertical line running through the analemma is the meridian. This view shows the Sun at noon on 4 January 2007, the day of perihelion -- Earth's closest approach to the Sun.

[Repeal The 17th]

There are many things that I have a problem understanding...
because they seem to contradict each other.
This is one of them.

There are others...

I understand that the moon causes a high tide when it passes overhead (gravitational influence)
but knowing that,
I do not understand why that causes a 2nd high tide on the opposite side of the earth.

I understand why hot air rises and cold air settles (buoyancy)...
but knowing that,
I do not understand why the beach is hot and the mountain tops are cold.

I understand why wind impacting you makes you feel cooler (wind chill),
but knowing that,
I do not understand why meteorites and returning spacecraft get hot when they impact the atmosphere.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Sunlight heats the ground, and the ground in turn heats the air. In summer the sun is higher in the sky, so it heats the ground more effectively. The sun’s angle in the sky varies by 23.5 degrees, while the sun’s distance varies by only 0.34%.

[wardaddy]

I reckoned you posted this
Didn’t know this factoid

I woulda guessed opposite

[Jonty30]

Lucy’s football.
That’s why.

[SuperLuminal]

Same question and answer: Why do you get closer to the fireplace during those winter evenings?

[Adder]

If you plot the noontime position of the Sun in the sky over a one-year period, it produces a figure-eight shape on the sky (Figure A). This is the analemma.

Yeah...not a fan of anal enemas...

[2nd Amendment]

This would not be a good time for a manned mission to the sun!

[SaveFerris]

When you get cold 🥶🥶🥶
You get closer to the heater 🔥🥵

😃😄😂🤣😁

[Sirius Lee]

The difference between the two is 5,003,451 km, (3.3 percent), and not enough to cause the seasons.

Yeah, but lets bring the Milankovitch Cycle into the mix and talk about ice ages.

[Ignatz]

I’ve long maintained that anyone who believes the “man-made climate change” hoax has never toasted a marshmallow over a campfire.

Facts the author(s) might have included:

Neither the speed of the Earth’s rotation on it’s axis nor the speed of it’s orbit around the Sun are constant.

Also, the Earth “wobbles” a bit as it spins.

[Buttons12]

This is simple. The thing I struggle with is how we only see one side of the moon.