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Definition of Perihelion
1. Noun. Periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun.
Definition of Perihelion
1. n. That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
Definition of Perihelion
1. Noun. (astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet etc. where it is nearest to the Sun. ¹
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Definition of Perihelion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perihelion
Literary usage of Perihelion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The following elements have been computed for it: perihelion passage, March 17,
... The following aro its elements: Time of perihelion passage, July 25.85, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"The following elements were computed by A. Ber- berich : Time of perihelion
passage, 1890. Jan. 26-5143 Berlin mean time : node to perihelion, ..."
3. The Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan, Judith Veronica Field (1997)
"Proposition The motion of Jupiter at perihelion ought to have agreed with of
Venus at perihelion in a single musical scale, but not in the same harmony as ..."
4. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"(a) MOTION OF THE perihelion OF MERCURY According to Newtonian mechanics and
Newton's law of gravitation, a planet which is revolving round the sun would ..."
5. The Meteoritic Hypothesis: A Statement of the Results of a Spectroscopic by Norman Lockyer (1890)
"... manganese is first represented by the radiation of the fluting at 558. As the
comet gets nearer to perihelion, if the perihelion distance ..."
6. The Meteoritic Hypothesis: A Statement of the Results of a Spectroscopic by Norman Lockyer (1890)
"As the comet gets nearer to perihelion, if the perihelion distance be sufficiently
small, we find the radiation of manganese replaced by absorption. ..."
7. Gravitation: An Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations in the by George Biddell Airy (1884)
"The perihelion distance, therefore, remaining the same, and the aphelion distance
being increased, the inequality of these distances is increased, ..."
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