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Definition of Perihelia

Perihelia
Perihelion Per`i*hel"ion, Perihelium Per`i*he"li*um, n.; pl. Perihelia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? about, near + ? the sun.] (Astron.) That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.

Meaning of Perihelia from wikipedia

- An apsis (from Ancient Gr**** ἁψίς (hapsís) 'arch, vault'; pl. apsides /ˈæpsɪˌdiːz/ AP-sih-deez) is the ****hest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary...
- Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU), whereas those listed here as outer grazers have perihelia within Mercury's aphelion...
- The scattered ETNOs (or extreme scattered disc objects, ESDOs) have perihelia around 38–45 AU and an exceptionally high eccentricity of more than 0...
- steeply inclined (i ≈ 40°) orbit. Like Planet Nine it would cause the perihelia of objects with semi-major axes greater than 300 AU to oscillate, delivering...
- the giant planets, predominantly Neptune. Detached objects have larger perihelia than these other TNO po****tions, including the objects in orbital resonance...
- that orbit larger asteroids. Mercury-crossing asteroids are those with perihelia within the orbit of Mercury. At least 362 are known to date, and include...
- VP113, 541132 Leleākūhonua (2015 TG387), and 2023 KQ14. All four have perihelia greater than 60 AU. These objects lie outside an apparently nearly empty...
- eccentricities ranging as high as 0.8, inclinations as high as 40°, and perihelia greater than 30 astronomical units (4.5×109 km; 2.8×109 mi). These extreme...
- Neptune-sized object at 1,500 AU. This Neptune-sized object would cause the perihelia of objects with semi-major axes greater than 300 AU to oscillate, delivering...
- objects of the same size because they come nearer to Earth, some having perihelia around 20 AU. Several are known with g-band absolute magnitude below 9...