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The closest point to the Sun in a planet’s orbit is called perihelion. The furthest point is called aphelion. Notice how the planet moves fastest at perihelion and ...
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Tags: simple english wikipedia the free encyclopediathe is the point in the orbit of a planet asteroid or comet where it is nearest to the sun the word stems from the greek words quot peri quot …simple wikipedia org wiki nbsp 0183 32 cached pageapsis wikipedia the free encyclopediaan apsis greek ἁψίς gen ἁψῖδος plural apsides is the point of greatest or least distance of a body from one of the foci of its elliptical orbit in en wikipedia org wiki nbsp 0183 32 cached pageand aphelion windows to the universe