If we are rotating around sun in elliptical orbit and sun is at one of the focuses of ellipsis, then why don't we get period of very high temperatures and very low each year for both hemispheres?

Input interpretation

ellipse | eccentricity 0.0167

Visual representation

(drawn with semimajor axis length 1 and rotation angle 0°)

Equation

(x^2+1.00028 y^2)/a^2 = 1
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

Properties

foci | (0.0167 a, 0)  |  (-0.0167 a, 0)
vertices | (a, 0.)  |  (-a, 0.)
semiminor axis length | 0.999861 a
area | 3.14115 a^2
perimeter | 6.28275 a
focal parameter | 59.8635 a
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

Input interpretation

ellipse | eccentricity 0.4

Visual representation

(drawn with semimajor axis length 1 and rotation angle 0°)

Equation

(x^2+1.19048 y^2)/a^2 = 1
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

Properties

foci | (0.4 a, 0)  |  (-0.4 a, 0)
vertices | (a, 0.)  |  (-a, 0.)
semiminor axis length | 0.916515 a
area | 2.87932 a^2
perimeter | 6.02377 a
focal parameter | 2.1 a
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

Input interpretation

ellipse | eccentricity 0.7

Visual representation

(drawn with semimajor axis length 1 and rotation angle 0°)

Equation

(x^2+1.96078 y^2)/a^2 = 1
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

Properties

foci | (0.7 a, 0)  |  (-0.7 a, 0)
vertices | (a, 0.)  |  (-a, 0.)
semiminor axis length | 0.714143 a
area | 2.24355 a^2
perimeter | 5.42264 a
focal parameter | 0.728571 a
(assuming semimajor axis length a, center (0, 0), and rotation angle 0°)

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