I know that in the winter equinox the axis is as far away from the sun as it’s going to get. Each day after that it moves closer towards the sun. What is it called ? Sunward, that a way?
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>I know that in the winter equinox the axis is as far away from the sun as it’s going to get
Incorrect on two counts. There is no winter equinox, there is a winter solstice. The equinoxes are in spring and autumn.
And the winter solstice is not when the Earth is farthest from the sun, it’s when the Earth’s tilt means your hemisphere receives the least amount of sunlight. It also means that the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is the same as the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere, and vice-versa.
The point at which the Earth is furthest from the sun is called the apihelion, and it is usually around July 5.
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