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aphelion
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aphelion (əfē`lēən, ăp'hē`–), point farthest from the sun in the orbit of a body about the sun. See apsis apsis (pl. apsides), point in the orbit of a body where the body is neither approaching nor receding from another body about which it revolves. Any elliptical orbit has two apsides.
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aphelion
the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun

aphelion [ə′fēl·yən]
(astronomy)
The point on a planetary orbit farthest from the sun.


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