Due to something that is called orbital precession, there is a gradually opening gap between the solstices and the peri and aphelions. By the year 6430, perihelion will fall on the March equinox ...

At perihelion, Earth will be approximately 147 million kilometres from the Sun. The Sun will appear slightly larger in the sky, but the change is almost imperceptible. This year, perihelion will ...

This comet reaches perihelion at 0.094 Astronomical Units (AU, 8.7 million miles or 14 million kilometers, interior to the orbit of Mercury) from the sun on January 13th, and "may" top -1st ...

On this special day called Perihelion Day, earth will be the closest to the sun for the whole year. Perihelion is derived from Greek words peri (near) and helios (sun) aptly describing the event ...