Contrary to what many people think, the sun is actually closer to earth during a northern hemisphere winter. earth’s orbit is an elliptical—or slightly oval—path around the sun. in early january, earth reaches its closest point to the sun, called the perihelion. at this time, earth is about 147 million kilometers from the sun. the farthest point on earth’s orbit of the sun is called the aphelion. at this time, earth is about 152 million kilometers from the sun

Which best describes why regina tells the group, “i explained to ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you—”? to make horace feel as though he deserves a portion of the credit to reassure ben that she was telling the truth about her motives to convince ben that he has been wise to trust what she has said to pacify horace before he gets angry about what she has done mark this and return