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perigalacticon
subject			fact

perigalacticon	has antonym apogalacticon
	has definition The point in a star's orbit around the Galaxy when the star lies closest to the Galactic center. The Sun is near perigalacticon now.
	is an instance of galaxy orbital event
galaxy orbital event	has participants star, galaxy
orbital event	has period 1 orbital period
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence