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Title: What is the Earth's greatest distance from the sun?
Post by: cristinaloayza on Jan 23, 2018

What is the Earth's greatest distance from the sun?
a. Apogee
b. Perigee
c. Aphelion
d. Perihelion

Title: What is the Earth's greatest distance from the sun?
Post by: Wilkinson on Jan 23, 2018

ANS: C
The difference between aphelion and perihelion, the shortest and greatest distance from the sun, is
approximately 3.7 million kilometers. The distance of both the sun and the moon can have profound
effects on the tides. Information can be found in the section Tides Are Forced Waves Formed by
Gravity and Inertia

Title: What is the Earth's greatest distance from the sun?
Post by: cristinaloayza on Jan 23, 2018

A plus for you my friend