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Aphelion 3rd and 4th

Linguo · 2009-07-03 16:17:35

Happy Aphelion all We're furthest from the Sun today and tomorrow, although it doesnt feel like it! If you dont understand it there's a nice article here which explains it clearly http://spaceweather.com/glossary/aphelion.html

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03-07-2009 5:17pm

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Happy Aphelion all

We're furthest from the Sun today and tomorrow, although it doesnt feel like it! If you dont understand it there's a nice article here which explains it clearly

http://spaceweather.com/glossary/aphelion.html

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#2 03-07-2009 6:46pm
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Same to you :pac:

Neat article by the way, nice find Linguo

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Do the aphelion and perihelion occur at the same date every year? I'd imagine that they would since the orbit is symmetrical, no?

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They are usually around the same day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis

Dates until 2020 are about 3/4's of the way down the page

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#5 03-07-2009 8:40pm
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I love spaceweather.com it's great to check on every day and they have little nuggets of info that I wouldn't have remembered myself! I also like checking the list of asteroids, especially near ones....morbid but fun!

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