1. Earth is closest to the sun in December.
In the northern hemisphere, we are closest to the Sun in December. How does that make sense?
Earth’s elliptical orbit causes it to be slightly closer to the sun in December. However the elliptical orbit has nothing to do with seasons.
Seasons are caused by the tilt in the earth’s axis, which has nothing to do with it’s orbit.
That’s way more clever than I was exgictenp. Thanks!
Well I guess I don’t have to spend the weekend fiuigrng this one out!
Thta’s going to make things a lot easier from here on out.
It is interesting to note also that the numbers keep getting revised downward – 2Q 2011 numbers are not as good as first reported. And QE3 is looming . . . yikes.Yet my world (higher education philanthropy) seems to be doing really well and I am engaged daily with very optimistic people. Anecdotal, I know – but the optimism is infectious. Sometimes difficult to reconcile the ‘bad news’ with the outpouring of generosity that I see daily.