Earth is in a stable orbit sure, and I don’t think the aphelion and perihelion are changing but the orbit is slowly rotating around the Sun ultimately drawing a kind of flower-like shape. Why? Why does that not end up changing our aphelion and perihelion?
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The Earth’s orbit around the sun is roughly ellipsoid; there’s no flower shape in the orbit. Are you sure you’re not looking at the moon’s orbit? Since the moon is orbiting the Earth, which is then orbiting the Sun, the moon’s “orbit” around the sun is not regular; at times, it may seem to stop in space, or even travel backwards.
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