> But its far enough away even at perigee Minor astrodynamics nit: "perigee" is a term specific to Earth. The generic term for all bodies is "periapsis", and

> But its far enough away even at perigee Minor astrodynamics nit: "perigee" is a term specific to Earth. The generic term for all bodies is "periapsis", and the term for the Sun is "perihelion" (Astrodynamics terms generally take from the Greek, rather than Latin)