1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Perihelion
PERIHELION (Gr. περί, near, ἥλιος, sun), in astronomy, the point of nearest approach of a body to the sun. (See Orbit.)
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PERIHELION (Gr. περί, near, ἥλιος, sun), in astronomy, the point of nearest approach of a body to the sun. (See Orbit.)