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PERIHELION (perihelia)

Dictionary entry overview: What does perihelion mean?

• PERIHELION (noun)
The noun PERIHELION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: PERIHELION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERIHELION (noun)

Sense 1

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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 as 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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