Below you will find example sentences with "closest approach". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Closest Approach in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: closest
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "closest approach" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as make its closest approach to the, at its closest approach, earth, comet and sun stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with closest friends, closest thing, closest friend, closest friends, closest thing and closest friend, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with closest approach
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Tomorrow, Feb. 1, will be the comet’s closest approach to the sun. (13 words)
On Dec. 28, the comet will pass 180 million miles from Earth, its closest approach to our planet. (18 words)
The comet will make its closest approach to the sun in December before heading back toward interstellar space. (18 words)
Earlier this year, both February’s Snow Moon were supermoons, which occur when a full moon is at its closest approach to Earth in its orbit, causing the moon to appear brighter and closer than usual. (36 words)
Its closest approach to Pluto was on 14 July 2015; scientific observations of Pluto began five months prior to closest approach and will continue for at least a month after the encounter. (32 words)
The yet-to-be-named comet will make its closest approach to the Sun on October 28, and it could either burn up into oblivion or put on a fantastic show. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Its closest approach to Pluto was on 14 July 2015; scientific observations of Pluto began five months prior to closest approach and will continue for at least a month after the encounter.
A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth in its orbit.
At the comet’s closest approach to Earth, observers can find it in the sky about 20 degrees away from the North Star in the faint constellation of Camelopardalis.
The periodic Comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley) orbits the sun every 6.46 years, appearing in telescopes’ eyepieces for weeks before its closest approach to the sun (perihelion).
Tomorrow, Feb. 1, will be the comet’s closest approach to the sun.
The distance from Earth to Mars can be staggering—between approximately 33.9 million miles (the closest approach) and an average of around 140 million miles.
The term has been used since 1979 and is used when Earth’s satellite is within 90% of its closest approach to the planet.
The yet-to-be-named comet will make its closest approach to the Sun on October 28, and it could either burn up into oblivion or put on a fantastic show.
Arthur is expected to turn E/SE later this week towards Bermuda, making its closest approach to our area Tuesday.
Because of fluctuations among the planets across our solar system’s eons, Pluto’s closest approach steadily shifts across the seasons.
The object made its closest approach at 10.56am UK time, when it was just 3.9 million miles away.
Earlier this year, both February’s Snow Moon were supermoons, which occur when a full moon is at its closest approach to Earth in its orbit, causing the moon to appear brighter and closer than usual.
Mars, also known as the Red Planet because of its dusty orange surface, is a planet in its own right, and is around 50 million kilometers at its closest approach.
On Dec. 28, the comet will pass 180 million miles from Earth, its closest approach to our planet.
The comet will make its closest approach to the sun in December before heading back toward interstellar space.
The key data in the research were spectra Professor Ghez’s team analysed this April, May and September as her “favourite star” made its closest approach to the enormous black hole.
Then there’s eco-mindedness which, since it goes to species survival, is our pluralist era’s closest approach to a cohesive morality.
The official time stamp shows the image was taken at 12:26 a.m. EST on January 1, only seven minutes before the closest approach to the object.
The scientists monitored the star S0-2 in 2018, when it made its closest approach to Sagittarius A* during its 16-year orbit.
This is because the sun is always 180° away from the planet at the moment of its closest approach.