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Title: Earth closest to sun on January 1-2, 2013
Post by: 240B on January 02, 2013, 08:37:25 pm

When the New Year brought in the year 2013, our planet Earth was very close to its perihelion – its closest point to the sun for the year. In 2013, Earth comes closest to the sun on Wednesday, January 2 at 5 hours Universal Time (UT). Translating UT to Central Time in the United Sates, perihelion happens last this evening, on Tuesday, January 1, at 11:00 p.m. CST

http://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-comes-closest-to-sun-every-year-in-early-january

Title: Re: Earth closest to sun on January 1-2, 2013
Post by: SouthTexas on January 04, 2013, 05:31:52 pm

Earth closest to sun on January 1-2, 2013

Then why is it so cold in south Texas????