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Definition of: perihelion

(per′ə·hēlē·ən) noun plural ·li·a (-lē·ə) Astron.
The point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest the sun: opposed to aphelion. [<NL perihelium <Gk. peri- close about + hēlios the sun; refashioned after Greek]

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