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Name:   Robert C. J.
Status:   other
Age:   50s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 1999 - 2000
Question:
Could you tell me how much closer the state of MO would be to the sun in the summer than the winter, approx.

Replies:
The earth-sun distance is:
147.5 million km at perihelion on January 4
152.6 million km at aphelion on July 2

Missouri is CLOSER to the sun in January and FARTHER in July.

---Nathan A. Unterman


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