Peripoint distance - Peripoint distance

Japanese: 近点距離 - きんてんきょり
Peripoint distance - Peripoint distance

…On the other hand, the point farthest from the Sun is called the aphelion. The time when a celestial body passes the perihelion is called the perihelion passage, and the distance from the Sun to the perihelion is called the anomaly. The Earth's perihelion is about 147 million km away from the Sun, and the perihelion passage occurs in early January. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "periapsis distance" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…逆に,太陽からもっとも離れた点は遠日点と呼ぶ。天体が近日点を通過する時刻を近日点通過,太陽から近日点までの距離を近点距離と呼ぶ。地球の近日点は太陽からおよそ1億4700万km離れていて,その近日点通過は1月上旬である。…

※「近点距離」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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