(n.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
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Perihelion
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Perihelium
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(1) It then plunges into the Sun's glare as it tracks towards perihelion, where it sweeps only 1,165,000 km above the Sun's surface on 28 November.
(2) Recall, too, that it was the then inexplicable Michelson-Morley experiment which encouraged the spread of Einstein's early ideas, and the baffling perihelion precession of Mercury which lent support to his general theory.
(3) After perihelion, and assuming enough of it has survived its scorching journey, ISON then reappears, tail first and moving northwards, to climb away from the Sun in both our morning and evening twilight.