Why does the earth's lowest orbital velocity occur at aphelion?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Apr 19, 2017

Kepler's second law explains this.

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"Kepler's second law of planetary motion describes the speed of a planet traveling in an elliptical orbit around the sun. It states that a line between the sun and the planet sweeps equal areas in equal times. Thus, the speed of the planet increases as it nears the sun and decreases as it recedes from the sun."/ Fro m wikipedia.enter image source here
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