Question 1567Navigation General

The correct answer is D) January. The Earth's orbit around the Sun is elliptical, not circular. As a result, the Earth is closest to the Sun (called perihelion) in early January and farthest from the Sun (called aphelion) in early July. Therefore, the Sun is closest to the Earth in the month of January. The other answer choices are incorrect because the Earth is not closest to the Sun in October, July, or April. Those months correspond to different positions in the Earth's orbit around the Sun.