perihelic

English

Adjective

perihelic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a perihelion.
   • 2009 July 26, Alex Williams, “The Bruise Heard Round the World”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For his money, the great perihelic Mars opposition of 2003, the comet McNaught of 2007 — perhaps you know it as C/2006 P1 — and the Venus transit of 2004 were all more pulse-quickening.