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Furthest orbital points
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aphelia
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Wikipedia
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Aphelia is a genus of plants in the Centrolepidaceae family. The entire genus is endemic to Australia .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The point in the orbit of a celestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aphelion \A*phel"ion\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Aphelia . [Gr. ? + ? sun.] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun [ant: perihelion ] [also: aphelia (pl)]
Usage examples of aphelia.
The issue, basically, was whether the shower of new comets that had been born with Athena provided adequate evidence that the previously existing short-period comets—the ones with aphelia showing a statistical clustering at the distance of Jupiter's orbit—had originated in a similar episode involving Venus.
The issue, basically, was whether the shower of new comets that had been born with Athena provided adequate evidence that the previously existing short-period comets-the ones with aphelia showing a statistical clustering at the distance of Jupiter’s orbit-had originated in a similar episode involving Venus.