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Perihelion
Perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body where it is closest to the Sun. For Earth, perihelion occurs annually in early January, when the planet is about 147 million kilometers (91 million miles) from the Sun.
Source: ssd.jpl.nasa.gov
APODs including "Perihelion"
The Tail of a Christmas Comet
25/12/2021
Comet Leonard and the Whale Galaxy
03/12/2021
Rosetta's Comet in Gemini
13/11/2021
A Comet and a Crab
22/10/2021
Rosetta's Comet in View
10/09/2021
Perihelion to Aphelion
08/07/2021
Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
14/05/2020
Long Tailed Comet SWAN
08/05/2020
Comet ATLAS and the Mighty Galaxies
21/03/2020
Perihelion to Aphelion
09/01/2020
Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov
14/12/2019
December's Comet Wirtanen
07/12/2018
Comet, Clusters and Nebulae
13/09/2018
Phaethon's Brood
23/12/2017
Rosetta and Comet Outbound
28/11/2015
Perihelion Approaches
15/08/2015
Comet Lovejoy's Tail
17/01/2015
This Comet Lovejoy
25/12/2014
Comet PanSTARRS with Galaxy
06/06/2014
Surprising Comet ISON
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30/11/2013
Comet ISON Before and After
29/11/2013
Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997
13/10/2013
The Broad Tail of PanSTARRS
30/03/2013
Comet Lovejoy: Sungrazing Survivor
17/12/2011
Comet McNaught Passes NGC 1245
17/06/2010
Perihelion and Aphelion
03/07/2009
Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997
31/03/2007
A Tail of Two Hemispheres
01/02/2007
SOHO: Comet McNaught Movie
20/01/2007
McNaught's Matinee
19/01/2007