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Aphelion and perihelion?

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When an object is closest to the Sun in its orbit around the Sun, that is called perihelion; the farthest point in the orbit is called aphelion. The generic names (making reference to any central body, and not the Sun specifically) are periapsis and apoapsis (or apapsis).

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