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I was watching a show on one of the science channels a couple of nights ago and I think I heard that Jupiter's gravitational pull on the sun is around half a million miles (or could have been kilometers).
Now, depending on Jupiter's position in relationship to Earths, at any time does it affect the Sun-Earth distance?
For example, if it happened that Jupiter was at opposition at the same time we were at perihelion would the distance between Earth & the Sun be a little less than the (roughly) 147 million kilometer Earth-Sun distance. Or if Jupiter is at conjunction is our distance increased? Or does the sun just pull/push us along at roughly the same distance, regardless of what Jupiter's effect on it is? thanks.
Now, depending on Jupiter's position in relationship to Earths, at any time does it affect the Sun-Earth distance?
For example, if it happened that Jupiter was at opposition at the same time we were at perihelion would the distance between Earth & the Sun be a little less than the (roughly) 147 million kilometer Earth-Sun distance. Or if Jupiter is at conjunction is our distance increased? Or does the sun just pull/push us along at roughly the same distance, regardless of what Jupiter's effect on it is? thanks.