Aphelion is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for APHELION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun
• That point of a planet\'s or comet\'s orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
• apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
• point of a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the point in a planetary orbit farthest from the sun
• point of a planet\'s orbit that is farthest from the sun

Words related to APHELION

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Words that contain APHELION

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How to use APHELION in a sentence

• The relative dimensions and presentation of Mars, as seen in opposition in perihelion, and in opposition in aphelion, are shown in the two rows of figures.
• When the earth is nearest the sun she is at her perihelion, and at her aphelion when most distant.
• Then was its aphelion, and soon it began to return once more toward its central sun.
• This makes the sun appear twice as large, bright, and hot as seen and felt on Mercury at its perihelion than at its aphelion.
• But the eye of science sees it as having passed its aphelion beyond the orbit of Neptune in 1873, and is already hastening back to the warmth and light of the sun.
• APHELION, the point in an orbit farthest from the sun.
• MEAN DISTANCE OF A PLANET, half the sum of the aphelion and perihelion distances.

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