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It's the point in a planet's orbit when it is closest to the sun! :)

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Where can you find pictures of a perhelion?

its a large cat


How close does perihelion get to then sun?

Perhelion gets close to the sun about January 3rd...


What is mars distance from the sun at Perhelion?

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When does aphelion and perhelion fall?

Aphelion, when Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around July 4th. Perihelion, when Earth is closest to the Sun, usually happens around January 3rd.


How far away is Venus far away from the sun?

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What is the distance between the sun and saturn?

See Related links853,519,000 miles---------- Its average distance from the Sun is 887 million mi (1.43 billion km).Perhelion: 740,573,600 km / 4.950429 AU / 460,171,100 miles (closest point in the orbit to the Sun)Semimajor axis: 778,547,200 km / 5.204267 AU / 483,711,400 milesAphelion: 816,520,800 km / 5.458104 AU / 507,304,400 miles (farthest point in the orbit to the Sun)5.2 AU or about 43.3 light-min.


How close does Pluto get to the sun in Perihelion?

The distance between the Earth and the Sun at perihelion is 147,098,074 km0.9832898912 AU or 91.4 milion miles).Perihelion is the point of least distance of the elliptical orbit of the Earth from the Sun.


Light travels how many kilometers from the moon to the earth?

The reflected sunlight from the moon takes about 1.278 seconds to travel to the earth. The distance is about 384,000 kilometers at nearly 300,000 km/sec. (Laser light from Earth that is bounced off the Moon has a round-trip of about 2.556 seconds.)