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“Perigee” means “closest point of approach to Earth” (peri=close, “gee” for the gravitation of earth), and is only used for things that orbit the Earth. I presumed that you were referring to the Earth’s closest approach to the Sun, which is “perihelion”. (Peri=close, Helios=the Greek god of the Sun).
