perihelion

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ helium

Alteration of Latin perihelium, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). Compare aphelion.

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

aphelion
see periapsis

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)
Czech: přísluní n, perihel m, perihélium n
Dutch: perihelium (nl) n
Esperanto: perihelio (eo)
Finnish: periheli (fi)
French: périhélie (fr) m
German: Perihel (de) n
Greek: περιήλιο (el) (periílio)
Icelandic: sólnánd f
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: perihelium (sv) n
Tagalog: kublayo sa Adlaw
Vietnamese: điểm cận nhật (點近日)

Esperanto

Noun

perihelion

accusative singular of perihelio

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