perihelion passage

collocation in English

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perihelion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌper.ɪˈhiː.li.ən/us
/ˌper.ɪˈhiː.li.ən/
the point in an object's orbit (= a curved path in space around a planet or star) around the sun at which the object is closest to ...
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passage
noun
uk
/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/
a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that ...
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(Definition ofperihelionandpassagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When theperihelionpassagetakes place in northern summer, the maximum temperature is lower in the southern hemisphere, so the soil humidity is higher in the south.
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During the 2005perihelionpassagethe comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 16.
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Unlike a long-period comet, the nextperihelionpassageof a numbered periodic comet can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy.
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During the 2004perihelionpassagethe comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 11.
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None of these smaller comets has survived itsperihelionpassage.
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His prediction of theperihelionpassagewas correct to within two days.
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Ideally, both objects should have been studied shortly afterperihelionpassage.
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One suggestion was that all three were in fact the same comet, with an orbital period that was being drastically shortened at eachperihelionpassage.
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Comets are in some cases known to have disintegrated during theirperihelionpassage, or at other points during their orbit.
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They were discovered in 1972 and have been observed about every 5 years - at eachperihelionpassage of the comet - but often at very low rates per hour.
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The anomalistic year is usually defined as the time between perihelion passages.
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