Earth doesn’t orbit the Sun in a perfect circle. Instead, we follow an elliptical (oval-shaped) path. Because of this slight stretch, there is one point in our orbit where we are at our nearest—this is called .
The word "perihelion" comes from the Greek words peri (near) and helios (sun). It refers to the specific point in a planet's orbit where it is physically closest to the star it revolves around. during which month is the earth closest to the sun link