歡迎來到近日點
Welcome to Perihelion
來源:Barden Ridge Observatory|發表日期:2025-01-04
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 4 日(今天) 13 : 28 ,地球距離太陽約 1 . 47 億公里。相比之下,去年 7 月 3 日遠日點時,地球距離太陽最遠,約 1 . 52 億公里。但是,與太陽的距離並不能決定地球的季節。巧合的是,在拍攝這張活躍太陽的 H-alpha 照片時, 12 月至日南方夏季(北方冬季)的開始日期與地球的近日點日期相差不到 14 天。巧合的是,地球的近日點日期與美國宇航局帕克太陽探測器歷史性的近日點日期相差不到 11 天。帕克太陽探測器於 2018 年發射升空, 2024 年 12 月 24 日飛抵距太陽表面 620 萬公里的範圍內,打破了自己保持的離地球最近的太空飛行器近日點記錄。
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 is today, January 4, at 13:28 UTC, with the Earth about 147 million kilometers from the Sun. For comparison, at aphelion on last July 3 Earth was at its farthest distance from the Sun, some 152 million kilometers away. But distance from the Sun doesn't determine Earth's seasons. It's only by coincidence that the beginning of southern summer (northern winter) on the December solstice - when this H-alpha picture of the active Sun was taken - is within 14 days of Earth's perihelion date. And it's only by coincidence that Earth's perihelion date is within 11 days of the historic perihelion of NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Launched in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe flew within 6.2 million kilometers of the Sun's surface on 2024 December 24, breaking its own record for closest perihelion for a spacecraft from planet Earth.
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