ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GRAPHS

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Additional Information:

• Earth's orbit is lopsided.(NASA Space Place)
• The reason Earth's axis is tilted is that a celestial object named Theia hit it many a year ago.(NASA Space Place)
• Quick Vocab
  • Perihelion: Point closest to the Sun.
  • Aphelion: Point furthest from the Sun.
• Earth's Perihelion: 91,400,000 miles from the Sun.(NASA Space Place)
• Earth's Aphelion:94,500,000 miles from the Sun.(NASA Space Place)

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