PERIHELION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: perihelia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("perihelion" is a kind of...):

periapsis; point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)

Antonym:

aphelion (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)

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