Earth will be at nearest point to sun on Thursday

[sandeep]

Earth will be at nearest point to sun on Thursday

On Thursday, the earth will be at the nearest point to the sun. It
will be at Perihelion at a point 0.983 Astronomical Units from the
sun.

On July 4, however, the earth will be at Aphelion ie 1.017
Astronomical Units from the sun. While Perihelion(http://
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perihelion) is the point in the earth's
orbit when it is closest to the sun, Aphelion (http://
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelion) is the point on the orbit of a
celestial body that is farthest from the sun.

According to Raghunandan Kumar, founder and secretary, Planetary
Society of India, on January 4 at 12.10 pm IST, Quadrantids (http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids) meteor showers will take place.

Star gazers can sport meteors zipping across in the direction between
North east and east direction, near the bright star, by 3 am. While
the showers can be seen between January 1 and January 5, they will be
clearest on January 4.

However, the viewing ability is dependent on the Zenithal hourly rate.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenithal_Hourly_Rate) Kumar says that
according to the International Meteor Organisation, this year, the ZHR
can vary from 6 to 200 but more than 120 meteors an hour during the
peak time are expected on January 4.

Regards
Sandeep.
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