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In simple terms, a summer solstice refers to the time period in which a hemisphere is tilted to face its parent sun most directly. This means that the day on which it occurs will be the 'longest' of the year for that hemisphere. (The phenomenon is not limited to Earth, but cam be found on any planet with a tilt in its axis). The Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice for 2015 will occur on June 21, at 16:38 (Universal Coordinated Time).

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Winter.

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Although most people would say summer, this is not necessarily true. When the earth is in the summer solstice (Northern Hemisphere), the earth is the farthest away from the sun. The reason behind seasons is determined on the earth's tilt. If the tilt is toward the sun, it is summer. If the tilt is away from the sun, it is winter. Normally, when it is winter the sun is closest to earth.

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Earth's aphelion (the time at which it is closest to the sun) usually happens at the start of January. Thus it is closest to the sun while the northern hemisphere experiences winter, not summer.

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The Earth moves fastest during the Northern Hemisphere winter. This is because the Earth is closest to the Sun during the Northern Hemisphere winter and according to Kepler's Law of Areas (and the conservation of angular momentum), planets move the fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion.

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During the summer solstice the sun is observed to be directly overhead by those watching from the earth's tropic of cancer, that is situated 23 & a half degrees north of the earth's equator.

This is also at 23.50 declination, or 23.50 above the ecliptic in stellar coordinates. This is the same as, and caused by, the earth's axial inclination relative to the solar systems orbital plane.

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In elliptical orbits, all bodies travel faster when nearest the "primary"; in this case, the Sun. Since the Earth's orbit isn't very eccentric (meaning that it is almost but not quite circular) the difference between perihelion velocity and aphelion velocity isn't very great.

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Yes. The earth reaches the point in its orbit that's farthest from the sun during

the first few days of July, and it reaches the point in its orbit that's nearest the

sun during the first couple of days in January.

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Surprisingly, the distance from the Earth to the sun in it's elliptical orbit doesn't effect the Earth's temperature. It's the tilt of the Earth that matters. When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun the most (the summer solstice), the northern hemisphere experiences summer, while the Southern Hemisphere experiences winter (the winter solstice, for them). So even if the sun is closest the the earth, the particular hemisphere you live in is not, so it's cold. I know this is pretty confusing, but astronomical physics just is!

Also, because of the tilt, there is more atmosphere for the energy to move through.

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The earth is closest to the sun in the northern Hemisphere's winter.

In 2010, that moment occurred on January 3.

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Earth is farthest from the sun around July 3.

That's during summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the southern.

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