perihelion

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It's okay to look at the Sunin an image for Earth's closest approach, called this from Greek for "near" & "sun" perihelion $2,000 DJ IT'S ASTRONOMICAL 2025-12-02 #9447
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) The perigee is the point of the Moon's orbit at which it's nearest to the Earth; similarly, this term is the point at which the orbiting object is closest to the Sun the perihelion $2,000 DJ ASTRONOMICAL! 2010-07-14 #5963
The point in the orbit of a planet or comet when it's closest to the sun perihelion $800 DJ THE SOLAR SYSTEM 1988-09-23 #930
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