𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧 & 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚

The shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun is not a circle and is slightly elliptical.Therefore according to modern astronomy & science,the distance between the Earth

and the Sun varies throughout the year. The nearest point in the earth’s orbit is known as Periapsis (Perihelion) at which the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the Earth is 147,166,462 km from the Sun. It usually occurs around January 3.

The farthest point in the earth’s orbit is called Apoapsis (Aphelion) when the earth is farthest away from the sun around July 3 when it is 152,171,522 km. Hence, the average distance between the Earth and the Sun is 149,597,870.691 km.

Modern scientists measured the dist. between the Sun & the Earth for the 1st time in 1672 which was by Jean Richer & Giovanni Domenico Cassini.They measured the distance between the sun & earth as 22000 times of the Earth’s radius (Total Distance: 220000 x 6371 = 140,162,000 km)

However, the Hindu texts such as the Vedas and Upanishads have guided the Indian civilization for thousands of years. They are considered as the pillars of Hinduism. ‘Veda’ which basically denotes ‘Knowledge’,