Where is the sun located on Earth's elliptical orbit?
O at a focus
O at the perihelium
O at the aphelium
O at the center of the two foci
The sun is located at one of the foci of Earth's elliptical orbit.
The sun is located at one of the foci of Earth's elliptical orbit.
The sun is located at one of the two foci of Earth's elliptical orbit. An ellipse is a shape that resembles a stretched-out circle, and an elliptical orbit is the path that Earth follows around the sun. In an ellipse, there are two foci, which are the two points within the shape.
However, the sun is not located at the center of the two foci, nor is it located at the perihelium (the point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the sun) or the aphelium (the point in Earth's orbit when it is farthest from the sun). The sun is located at one of the foci of the ellipse, but not exactly at the center or at either of the two extreme points of Earth's orbit.