“‘Aphelion Phenomenon’ turns the weather colder and increases the distance between the Sun and the Earth by 66%”
What FACTLY found
Aphelion and Perihelion are points in the orbit of Earth when the Earth is farthest and closest to the Sun. Earth’s Aphelion is about 94.5 million miles or 152 million kilometres from the Sun. Earth’s Perihelion is about 91.4 million miles or 147 million kilometres. When the average distance between Earth and the Sun is considered, at Aphelion, the increase is just about 1.4%, not 66% increase as claimed. Aphelion affects the Earth’s weather due to its distance from the Sun, mostly, the durat...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 July 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/muthinoor.rahman/posts/pfbid07nMGJmL9RE8Btqdf2q3QKutN4BCeWwoiaxK…
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