on december 22, the earth's north pole points?
A) farthest from Polaris
B) farthest from the sun
C) at right angles to the sun
D) most closely to Polaris
E) most closely to the sun

Hi there,

The answer is:

B) farthest from the sun

"Twice a year, the angle is as big as it can get, at the summer and
winter solstices, when it reaches 23.5 degrees. In the summer solstice
(around June 21) the north pole is inclined towards the Sun, in the
winter solstice (around December 21) it faces away from it."
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sseason.htm

The NASA page I linked to also has a diagram of the North Pole
pointing away from the sun in December.


Search strategy: Since NASA is an authority on such things, I only
searched within NASA's site:
site:.nasa.gov "north pole" winter sun december
://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A.nasa.gov+%22north+pole%22+winter+sun+december


Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

Robert's quote is correct science. I think b is correct.   Neil