近日点

Traditional form:

近日點

Pinyin (reading):

jìnrìdiǎn

Definitions:

• perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun
• lower apsis

Characters:

• 近 - to approach; near, close; intimate
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 点 - dot, point, speck

Traditional characters:

• 近 - to approach; near, close; intimate
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 點 - dot, point, speck