We are closer to the sun today

Good Morning....

It is my pleasure to launch my blog site today when earth happens to make it to its closest point to the sun. Earth comes closest to the sun today i.e. Wednesday, January 2 at 10:10 AM Indian Standard Time. Considering my special interest in solar technology and todays special ocassion I decide that my first post should be about the master of the solar system.

What a coincidence, today we are closest to the sun, this means earth would position itself at the perihelion at about 146 million km from the sun. Perihelion is the point on the earths orbit that is closest to the Sun.The word “perihelion” is Greek words peri meaning near, and helios meaning sun. The picture below shows perihelion at 2 and aphelion at 1. 3 is the Sun. The aphelion is at 152 million km from the sun. The earth would be at the aphelion in July and at the perihelion in January. The perihelion and aphelion does not fall on the same day every year.

The earth would be moving at its fastest pace on its orbit today at about 29.8 kilometers per second. the gravitational pull between the Earth and Sun causes the Earth to travel around or "orbit" the Sun at a velocity of 29.8 km/sec. At the same time, the Earth also turns on its axis causing the daily cycle of day and night. This "rotational velocity" is approximately .47 km/sec. That means that at the same time we're hurtling through space at nearly 67,000 mph, we're also spinning around in circles at over 1000 mph!

Today is the best day to say your prayers to the sun god as you will not get closer to him than this in this year.

We are going to have a Sunny day and let your smiles be as bright as the sun today and everyday :) Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2013.

It is 5:45 AM in the morning here which means it is time for me to play badminton. I will write more about what this blog site intends to do in the coming days. Catch you later. Happy reading. Dont forget to enjoy the Sun on this special day.

Thanks to the websites that helped me get the numbers correct.