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aphelion

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a·phe·li·on  (-fl-n, -flyn)
n. pl. a·phe·li·a (-l-)
The point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun.

[From New Latin aphlium : Greek apo-, apo- + Greek hlios, sun; see swel- in Indo-European roots.]
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aphelion

aphelion [ap-heel-lee-on, -lee-a]
Noun
pl -lia Astron the point in the orbit of a planet or comet when it is farthest from the sun [Greek apo- from + hēlios sun]

aphelion  (-fl-n)
The point at which an orbiting body, such as a planet or comet, is farthest away from the Sun. Compare apogeeperihelion
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aphelion

aphelion
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body where it is farthest from the sun. Cf. perihelion.
See also: Astronomy
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body where it is farthest from the sun. See also perihelion.
See also: Planets
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Noun1.aphelion - apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
apoapsis, point of apoapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
perihelion - periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun

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But this heat, which is sufficient to evaporate the waters, would have formed a thick ring of cloud, which would have modified that excessive temperature; hence the compensation between the cold of the aphelion and the heat of the perihelion.
Hence the immense benefit of party in politics, as it reveals faults of character in a chief, which the intellectual force of the persons, with ordinary opportunity and not hurled into aphelion by hatred, could not have seen.
 
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