Doha, July 03 (QNA) -The Qatar Calendar House announced that the Earth will reach the furthest point in its orbit around the sun "the apogee point" Monday morning, the 5th of the month of Dhul-Hijjah 1443 AH, July 4, 2022, at 10:10 am local time, when the Earth will be at a distance of approximately 152 million kilometers from the sun, about five million kilometers different than it was during the month of January, when the Earth was at a distance of 147 million kilometers from the sun.
The astronomer expert at the Qatari Calendar House, Dr. Bashir Marzouk, stated that the Earth always reaches the farthest point in its orbit around the sun "the aphelion point" during the first week of July of each year, while it reaches the closest point in its orbit around the sun "the perihelion point" during the first week of January every year.
This phenomenon is natural and does not have any negative effects on the inhabitants of the globe, as non-specialists claim, in addition to the fact that the change in the distance between the earth and the sun is not the reason for the occurrence of the four astronomical seasons, but it plays an important role in influencing the number of days of those seasons.
Marzouk pointed out that there is a strange paradox; although the Earth is at the farthest point from the sun in the summer, the temperature is high, and on the contrary, when it is at the closest point to the sun in the winter, the temperature is low. The reason for this is that the angle of incidence of the suns rays in the summer is perpendicular to the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere during the month of July, penetrating a shorter distance from the atmosphere and not losing a large part of its heat, while the angle of incidence of the suns rays in the winter is more inclined to the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere during the month of January, penetrating a longer distance from the atmosphere and losing a large part of its heat, knowing that the situation is completely opposite for the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere.
The Earth, like other planets, revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit "ellipse", and the sun is in one of the two foci of this orbit. Therefore, the Earth is at a close point in its orbit around the sun called the perihelion, and at another distant point in its orbit around the sun, which is called the apogee.
The Earth is the only planet among the rocky planets that has a strong magnetosphere that protects it from storms and solar winds. (QNA)