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aphelion

aphelion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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1.That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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What is that point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion called?

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Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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