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How far is the Earth from the Sun?

April 26, 2017earth Geography Mathematics Sun

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How far is the Earth from the Sun?

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You could well have asked how far away is the nearest star! If we see the sun explodes it has already happened eight minutes before. And about thirty seconds later the sub atomic particles will hit the earth as they will travel the 93 million miles at slightly less than the speed of light.

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Nominally it is 93,000,000 (93 million) miles. But the orbit of the earth around the sun is not circular, it is elliptical. Thus in Northern Hemisphere winter, the earth is actually closer to the sun and in the NH summer it is farther away. But not by much in either case.

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Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of about 150 million kilometres (93.2 million miles). The perihelion or closest point in the earth’s orbit to the sun is about 147.1 million km (91.4 million miles). This occurs in early January. The aphelion or farthest point in the earth’s orbit to the sun is about 152.1 million km (94.5 million miles). This occurs in early July. That’s about now. http://en.wikipedia.

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I live in England and right at this moment I wish it were closer. But yes approx 93 million miles or has been said about 8 light minutes. The distance around the sun traveled in a year is very roughly 600 million miles will someone get back to me on that. My e is gla46@yahoo.co.