SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 33

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 150 million

The Sun's actual distance from Earth fluctuates according to where it is in its elliptical orbit.

• The Earth and the Sun are separated by approximately 150 million kilometres, or the mean distance (93 million miles).
• One astronomical unit, or AU, is another term for the mean distance between Earth and the Sun.
• A measurement of 149,597,870.7 kilometres (92,955,887.6 miles) has been determined.
• Around the first week of July is when aphelion, or when Earth is at its furthest point from the Sun, happens.
• It is approximately 152 million kilometres (94.4 million miles) apart.
• The first week of January marks perihelion, the time when the Earth is closest to the Sun.
• It is approximately 147 million kilometres (91.3 million miles) apart.