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The balloon will reach perigee on Saturday, which is the closest distance in its orbit around the sun at (01:51 PM GMT), coinciding with the winter season in the northern hemisphere.
The Jeddah Astronomical Society revealed in a report that the Earth will be at a distance of 147,093,162 million kilometers closer to the sun by about 5 million kilometers (the distance between the center of the earth and the center of the sun) in comparison With what will be six months from now when it reaches its apogee, the farthest distance from the sun on July 5 is 152,100,533 km from the sun.
It can be seen that the distance difference is not large between the perihelion in January and the apogee in July, because the Earth’s orbit around the sun is almost circular, so the distance that separates us from the sun is not responsible for the occurrence of the four seasons, but the tilt of the axis of rotation of the Earth around itself is the reason.
During the winter season, the Arctic leans away from the sun, while during the summer it leans toward the sun, and although the approach and distance from the earth is not responsible for the occurrence of the seasons, this affects the duration of those stations.
When the Earth is close to the sun as it is now, it is moving faster in its orbit, as it runs at a speed of approximately 30.3 kilometers per second, faster compared to its speed in early July, and therefore the winter season in the northern hemisphere is the shortest of the four seasons.
