Aphelion Passing - Aphelion Passing

Japanese: 遠日点通過 - えんじつてんつうか
Aphelion Passing - Aphelion Passing

…On the other hand, the point closest to the Sun is called the perihelion. The time when an object passes through the aphelion is called the aphelion passage, but the term perihelion passage is usually used. The Earth's aphelion is about 152 million km away from the Sun, and the aphelion passage occurs in early July. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "aphelion passage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…逆に,太陽にもっとも近い点を近日点と呼ぶ。天体が遠日点を通過する時刻を遠日点通過と呼ぶが,ふつうは近日点通過のほうを用いる。地球の遠日点は,太陽から約1億5200万km離れていて,その遠日点通過は7月上旬である。…

※「遠日点通過」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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