perihelia

Noun

The word is derived from perihelion

Meaning

of Perihelium

Source: Webster's dictionary

Antonyms

aphelion

Examples

Some scholars theorise that the galactic tide may have contributed to the formation of the Oort cloud by increasing the perihelia (smallest distances to the Sun) of planetesimals with large aphelia (largest distances to the Sun). Source: Internet

Most scattered disc objects (SDOs) have perihelia within the Kuiper belt but aphelia far beyond it (some more than 150 AU from the Sun). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

perigynous perigyny perihabenular perihelial perihelic perihelion