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If you're referring to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the closest point is called the perihelion and it usually comes between the 2nd and 4th of January each year.

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The point closest to the sun in an object's orbit is called perihelion. This is the point where the object is closest to the sun due to the elliptical shape of its orbit.

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