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(astronomy) The closest point in a star's orbit around the centre of a galaxy (the galactic periapsis)..
During the late Cenozoic glaciation, high-latitude glaciation started in the Miocene 14 m.y. ago, and the sun is presently 8 + 4 m.y. from the perigalacticum.
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Perigalacticum means (astronomy) The closest point in a star's orbit around the centre of a galaxy (the galactic periapsis)..
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During the late Cenozoic glaciation, high-latitude glaciation started in the Miocene 14 m.y. ago, and the sun is presently 8 + 4 m.y. from the perigalacticum.
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