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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

When the earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called:

Explanation:

ANS. (A) 
Aphelion is the point in the path of a celestial body (as a planet) that is farthest from the sun. Its opposite is Perihelion which is the point on its orbit when the Earth is closest to the sun.

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