July 6 - Earth Farthest from Sun Today

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Chaotic clouds of Jupiter Juno captured this image of swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during the spacecraft's 13th close flyby of Jupiter in May.

Earth farthest from the sun today Earth is farthest from the sun for all of 2018 on July 6. Astronomers call this point in our orbit aphelion. Image via Sara Zimmerman at Unearthed Comics. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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