Good drawing of earth's orbit for model? Possibly vector file?

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Does anyone know where a 2D drawing of the earth's orbit can be found?
I would like to create a 3D printable model of the earth's orbit around the sun and slice it into the months of the year. So basically a calendar. Except I wanted to add heights for relative local weather conditions for a given year. Does anyone know the best way to draw our orbit?
 
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LightningInAJar said:
TL;DR: Does anyone know where a 2D drawing of the earth's orbit can be found?
How precise does the drawing have to be? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis, the Earth's orbital radius at aphelion vs. perihelion in AU is ##1\pm0.0167##. That's less than 2% deviation from a perfect circle. Is depicting Earth's orbit as a simple circle close enough for your graphical purposes?
 
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LightningInAJar said:
Except I wanted to add heights for relative local weather conditions for a given year.
The seasonal variations in weather on Earth are primarily driven by the tilt of the Earths spin axis relative its orbit around the Sun, and to a much lesser degree by the (small) variation in distance to the Sun. In this context what do you then mean by "height"?
 

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