環繞太陽
Circling the Sun

來源:Radoslav Zboran|發表日期:2024-01-13
地球繞太陽執行的軌道不是一個圓,而是一個橢圓。地球在橢圓軌道上離太陽最近的那一點被稱為近日點。今年的近日點是世界協調時 1 月 2 日 01 : 00 ,與遠日點(去年 7 月 6 日)相比,地球距離太陽約 300 萬英里,遠日點是地球橢圓軌道上最遠的一點。當然,與太陽的距離並不能決定季節,也不能決定日暈的大小。當太陽隱藏在高大的樹幹後面時更容易看到,這個美麗的冰暈圍繞太陽形成了一個 22 度寬的圓圈,這是在德國赫羅爾德施塔特附近的鄉村漫步時記錄下來的。日暈的 22 度角直徑是由漂浮在地球大氣層高處的水冰晶的六面幾何形狀決定的。
原文:rth's orbit around the Sun is not a circle, it's an ellipse. The point along its elliptical orbit where our fair planet is closest to the Sun is called perihelion. This year, perihelion was on January 2 at 01:00 UTC, with the Earth about 3 million miles closer to the Sun than it was at aphelion (last July 6), the farthest point in its elliptical orbit. Of course, distance from the Sun doesn't determine the seasons, and it doesn't the determine size of Sun halos. Easier to see with the Sun hidden behind a tall tree trunk, this beautiful ice halo forms a 22 degree-wide circle around the Sun, recorded while strolling through the countryside near Heroldstatt, Germany. The Sun halo's 22 degree angular diameter is determined by the six-sided geometry of water ice crystals drifting high in planet Earth's atmosphere.
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