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How much does aphelion affect our weather?

I am sure we are probably wondering why there is so much cold around this particular time of the year when we are supposed to be experiencing hot climatic weather or summer if your country goes through four seasons and  not two. In its most simplest way of understanding, let's take it this way. Well, the earths orbital path changes from being almost circular to elliptical (eccentricity) approximately every 100,000 years due to gravitational effect of other planet bodies especially the Moon. Indicating that the   change in climatic weather will not be the same and is likely to change after some years.currently, the world is experiencing "APHELION". Aphelion is the stage when the Earth is farther from the sun and its opposite PERIHELION (meaning the earth is closer to the sun than usual). Due to eccentricity, time of the earth experiencing Aphelion or Perihelion defers. "In 1246,the December solstice (the time or date [twice each year] at which the sun reac...