The Earth Is Actually Farther from the Sun During the Period

Multiple Choice

The Earth is actually farther from the sun during the period when the Northern Hemisphere is having summer.How can this be explained?

A) The sun grows more powerful on a half-year cycle.
B) There is a six-month lag phase between sunlight being absorbed and lost.
C) The tilt of the Earth presents the Northern Hemisphere in a more perpendicular angle,and this increased sunlight more than offsets the decrease in sunlight due to the added distance.
D) There must be some mistake in measuring the Earth's orbit because if the Earth were farther away,we would be cooler.