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What is perihelium?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 9/22/2023

The perihelium is the part of an orbit around the Sun where an object (e.g., a planet) is closest to the Sun. A more generic term (applying to any orbit, not just around the Sun) is periapsis.

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