Earth reaches the nearest point of the sun – the eclipse



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(KUNA) – Kuwaiti astronaut Adel Al-Saadoun said that the Earth was the closest point to the sun during the year, that is, "the only day of the year. solar eclipse ", a warning of the marine currents that will be stronger than last year, especially that the current time marks the end of the month of Hijri.
Al-Saadoun told the Kuwait News Agency on Thursday that the Earth's orbit around the sun was about 147 million kilometers, which is elliptical and not circular because attraction of the moon and large planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.
He said that on July 4 and that the sun at the farthest point of the Earth, says Apogee, would be 152 million kilometers, or about 5 million kilometers closer to the sun after the sun, after the first month of July , during the "Oj".
He explained that "due to the power of attraction of the sun and the moon, all the more so that at the end of the month, they are badociated with what we're doing." calls "the maximum load, the period of the last days of the lunar month and several days of the next month", the tide is at its highest level and its lowest decline.
And the question of some why not increase the temperature of the Earth as long as it gets closer to the sun in this period reported that there was a rise but not noticeable, especially as the sun in this period perpendicular to the length of Capricorn south of the equator.
Al-Saadoun added that the sun is also sloping and not vertical over the northern half of the globe, so its rays are less hot, which is why the northern hemisphere is cooler in the winter.
He pointed out that in Kuwait, the sun was rising 38 degrees from the horizon line compared to summer, when it reached 88 degrees.

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