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Webster 1828 Edition

Perihelion

PERIHE'LION

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perihelion

perihelion

English

Noun

perihelion ‎(plural perihelia)

(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet etc. where it is nearest to the Sun

Antonyms

aphelion

Related terms

Translations

point where the planet or comet is nearest to the Sun

Basque: perihelio
Catalan: periheli m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 近日點 (zh), 近日点 (zh) ‎(jìnrìdiǎn)
Dutch: perihelium (nl) n
Esperanto: perihelio
Finnish: periheli (fi)
French: périhélie (fr) m
German: Perihel (de) n
Greek: περιήλιο (el) ‎(periílio)
Italian: perielio (it) m
Japanese: 近日点 ‎(きんじつてん, kinjitsuten)

Korean: 근일점 (ko) ‎(geuniljeom) (近日點 (ko))
Polish: peryhelium (pl) n
Portuguese: periélio (pt) m
Russian: периге́лий (ru) m ‎(perigélij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: перихел m

Roman: perihel (sh) m
Spanish: perihelio (es) m
Swedish: perihelion n
Tagalog: kublayo sa Adlaw
Vietnamese: điểm cận nhật (點近日)

Esperanto

Noun

perihelion

accusative singular of perihelio