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

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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