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There is an imaginary line that divide the earth in the middle into two halves the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and that is the
Equator
The imaginary line Earth moves around the sun is the
orbit
The movement of the
Earth
on the orbit around the sun is what you called
Revolution
The earth takes
365 1/4
days to complete a orbit around the sun
the year with
366
days is what you called
Leap
Year that happens every 4 years
the Earth's axis is tileted in an angle of
23.5
the Earth rotates on
Counter Clockwise
The earth moves around the sun in an
extended circular
or oval that is called
elliptical orbit
Elliptical
Orbit is first described by
johannes kepler
Perihelion
is when earth is at its closest point to the sun with
147.1
million
Aphelion
is when the earth is at its farthest point from the sun with the distance of
152.1
million