[_ Old Earth _] Help! My sundial is losing time and getting slower!

[Barbarian]

Thanks for your taking the kidding in good humor. You clearly know more about this than anyone else here. I once thought it would be cool to make a sundial. That project's still on the list. Got to learn how to do it.

 

[Elijah7777]

Er, excuse me Mate, but the perihelion is in the summer months. At least it is, in the Southern Hemisphere.

Exactly. The coldest day of the year is also the hottest day of the year. At any point on the earth, the coldest day is exactly 6 months from the hottest day. The average temperature of the planet is always the same. 59 F