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During What Month Is The Sun Closest To Earth [patched] (SIMPLE · 2024)

Mia giggled. “So I was right to be confused?”

Leo opened his mouth, then closed it. That was… a good point. during what month is the sun closest to earth

Not that you’d ever feel it. But somehow, knowing made the cold a little more bearable. Mia giggled

Mia frowned, hugging her jacket tighter against the January chill. “But it’s cold now. If it’s farther away, shouldn’t it be even colder?” scorching July afternoons

Leo smiled. “Exactly.”

Leo had always assumed summer meant the sun was nearest. It made sense: hot, bright, scorching July afternoons, the sun beating down like a giant standing just overhead. So when his daughter Mia, age eight, asked him during a winter picnic, “Dad, when is the sun closest to Earth?” he answered with full confidence.

Mia giggled. “So I was right to be confused?”

Leo opened his mouth, then closed it. That was… a good point.

Not that you’d ever feel it. But somehow, knowing made the cold a little more bearable.

Mia frowned, hugging her jacket tighter against the January chill. “But it’s cold now. If it’s farther away, shouldn’t it be even colder?”

Leo smiled. “Exactly.”

Leo had always assumed summer meant the sun was nearest. It made sense: hot, bright, scorching July afternoons, the sun beating down like a giant standing just overhead. So when his daughter Mia, age eight, asked him during a winter picnic, “Dad, when is the sun closest to Earth?” he answered with full confidence.