Earth

A) has a circular orbit.
B) is closest to the Sun at the winter solstice.
C) reaches perihelion at the autumnal equinox.
D) has days of equal length at the summer solstice.
E) has an axis of rotation that is tilted with respect to its orbital plane.


E

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