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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Periheliumnoun

    Is that point of a planet’s orbit, wherein it is nearest the sun. John Harris

    Etymology: περὶ and ἥλιος; perihelie, Fr.

    Isaac Newton has made it probable, that the comet, which appeared in 1680, by approaching to the sun in its perihelium, acquired such a degree of heat, as to be 50000 years a cooling. George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles.

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  1. perihelium

    Perihelium is the point in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body where it is closest to the Sun.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Periheliumnoun

    that point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion

  2. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. peri` about, near + "h`lios the sun.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of perihelium in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of perihelium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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