closest orbital approach to the Sun

For elliptical orbits, perihelion means closest orbital approach to the Sun, and aphelion means furthest orbital distance from the Sun.

a term used to call the closest point of a comet’s orbit to the sun

Perihelion is a term used to call the closest point of a comet’s orbit to the sun.

the point in the point's orbit

Did you know that today at 12:35 am EST, the Earth reached perihelion, the point in the point's orbit when its orbit's closest to the sun.

at which an object is the closest to the sun

A perihelion is the point at which an object is the closest to the sun.

The closest point in a comet’s orbit to the Sun

The closest point in a comet’s orbit to the Sun is called “perihelion”.

The shortest distance between the sun and a planet

The shortest distance between the sun and a planet is called perihelion; in 2022, Earth was at perihelion on January 4.

the closest point of an elliptical orbit

The Big Bang is wrong' The perihelion is the closest point of an elliptical orbit.

the closest point a Solar System object gets to the Sun along the Sun's orbit (aphelion is the term given to the most distant point)

Perihelion is the closest point a Solar System object gets to the Sun along the Sun's orbit (aphelion is the term given to the most distant point).

the point during the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun

Perihelion, the point during the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.

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The point at which the Earth passes closest to the sun

The point at which the Earth passes closest to the sun is called perihelion, and the point furthest from the sun is called aphelion.

a discrete location a planet occupies

Perihelion is the name for a discrete location a planet occupies momentarily once during every cycle of every cycle's periodic motion about the sun; the planet when at this location is nearest the sun.

‘peri’ meaning surrounding or around and ‘helios’ meaning the sun

Perihelion means ‘peri’ meaning surrounding or around and ‘helios’ meaning the sun.

to the point in Mars' orbit

Perihelion refers to the point in Mars' orbit when Mars's closest to the sun.

the point in the orbit of the Nemesis star

Perihelion is the point in the orbit of the Nemesis star at the heart of the Planet X mini-constellation comes closest to the sun in a comet-like orbit.

This point in the earth’s orbit

This point in the earth’s orbit is known as perihelion and the earth occurs on January 3.

the minimum distance that separates the Earth from the Sun

Perihelion is the minimum distance that separates the Earth from the Sun, and we are the closest to the Sun for the year at this point in the orbit.

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the spot in a planet’s elliptical orbit

The perihelion is the spot in a planet’s elliptical orbit when a planet’s elliptical orbit is closest to the sun, and over the years this spot in Mercury’s orbit has slipped a tiny amount more—about 43 seconds of an arc each century—than what was explained by Newton’s laws.