Crossword-Solution: PERIHELION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Perihelion | n. | Alt. of Perihelium |
We have 5 clues for the answer “PERIHELION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun | 1 answer |
| Old MacDonald had an orbit's closest point... | 1 answer |
| Orbit point closest to the sun | 1 answer |
| Orbital position nearest the sun | 1 answer |
| Point of closest approach of comet to sun | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PERIHELION (5)
Tending upward and sunward from the aphelion of barbarism, the race attained the perihelion of civilization only to plunge downward once more to its nether goal in the regions of chaos.
The elements of the strange orb were immediately calculated, and it was at once conceded by all observers, that its path, at perihelion, would bring it into very close proximity with the earth.
Still," he adds, "during extreme excentricity the sun would make great efforts to compensate in perihelion for the chill of a long winter in aphelion in one hemisphere, and a cool summer in the other.
The point where it approaches nearest the sun is called _Perihelion,_ and the point where it reaches the greatest distance from the sun is called its _Aphelion._ It will be readily seen that the more elliptical its orbit becomes the greater will be the difference between the perihelion and aphelion distance of the sun.
Croll be correct, a period of high eccentricity would certainly produce a climate in the Northern Hemisphere such as characterized many of the mild interglacial epochs as long as the earth passed its perihelion point in Winter.
Quotes with PERIHELION (2)
The dangers that we face are part of the process, now well underway, of the unification of the planet--in language, culture, science, and commerce. They are both driven by the identical technological advances--this critical and delicate time coincides with the widespread availability of nuclear weapons. At the present rate of change, it seems likely that in the period between now and 2061, the turning point for the human species will have been reached. If we survive until the…
Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a right line was a chimera of the imagination, with no analogue in nature. The parabola of a comet was perhaps a yet better illustration of the career of humanity. Tending upward and sunward from the aphelion of barbarism, the race attained the perihelion of civilization only to plunge downward once more to its nether goal in the regions of chaos.
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (2010–2017).