St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: January 4, 2022

St. Louis MO

05 January, 2022

9:33 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: January 04, 2022 Today, the Earth reaches perihelion. This is when we are closest to the Sun. Earth is at its greatest distance from the Sun in July. This point in Earth's orbit is called aphelion. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.