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aphelion

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Scrabble points
13
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Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/
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/əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/ · /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ən/ · /əˈfi.li.ən/ · /əˈfil.jən/ · /æpˈhi.li.ən/ · /æpˈhil.jən/

Definition of aphelion

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (also, figuratively)The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.
    “[I]t follows from the theory of gravity, that the aphelia of Mercury, Venus, the Earth, and Mars, slightly progress.”

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Etymology

From New Latin aphēlium (whence English aphelium, now displaced) + -ion (used in the names of other apsides). Aphelium was formed from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from,…

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From New Latin aphēlium (whence English aphelium, now displaced) + -ion (used in the names of other apsides). Aphelium was formed from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)), modelled after New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”). The plural form aphelia is from aphelion + -a (plural form of the suffix -on).

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