When does the distance between the sun and the earth become shortest?

The correct answer is January 3.
-The earth is closest to the sun on January 3.
-The point that is nearest to the sun is called perihelion.

🔑Key Points:
-The point that is farthest to the sun is called aphelion.
-Approx. an elliptical orbit is occupied by all planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system.
-The flatness of the orbit is measured by the orbital eccentricity.
-On January 3, the earth comes closest to the sun every year.
-In the northern hemisphere, it is winter, when the earth is closest to the sun.
-At that time it is summer in the southern hemisphere.
-Aphelion occurs on July 4.