Question
When the earth is at apogee, then its distance from the sun is greater or less than 1 Astronomical unit?
Solution
At apogee, the earth is at a distance greater than 1astronomical unit.
[Note: Apogee, or more formally apsis, is the point, in an elliptical Earth orbit, of greatest distance from the Earth.]
[Note: Apogee, or more formally apsis, is the point, in an elliptical Earth orbit, of greatest distance from the Earth.]