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perihelion (n.)
"point at which a celestial body is nearest the Sun," 1680s, coined in Modern Latin (
perihelium
) by Kepler (1596) from Latinizations of Greek
peri
"near" (see
peri-
) +
helios
"sun" (see
sol
). Subsequently re-Greeked.
