Question

Consider the date on which perihelion of earth (distance of closest approach to sun) occurs, the motion of earth is suddenly stopped. The earth will eventually fall on the sun

Answer 1

Answer: On January 4, 2003, our Earthmade its closest approach to the Sunfor the year-- an event astronomers callperihelion. At perihelion, the Earth is about 147.5 million km away from theSun.