perihelic

English

Adjective

perihelic (not comparable)

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

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