On Friday, Earth will swing toward the outermost point in its orbit, known as aphelion. You, me and everyone on the planet will be 3 million miles farther from the sun than when we are closest to it.

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On July 6, Earth was at aphelion, officially at its farthest from the sun, orbiting at a distance of 94,507,803 miles, as opposed to its usual 93 million miles, according to Space.com.

This article was originally published with the title “ Form and Heat of the Earth—North West Passage ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 19 (January 1853), p. 147 doi:10.1038 ...