Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
aphelion .
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- noun The point in the
orbit of acelestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits.
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Examples
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All planetoids behind Pluto, Pluto, Neptune are close to perihelia or aphelia on their orbits.
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As it looks now, you would think there are two perihelia and two aphelia...
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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All planetoids behind Pluto, Pluto, Neptune are close to perihelia or aphelia on their orbits.
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Then, what has the 2012-transit of Venus, Jupiter's aphelia and the maximum of Solar cycle got to do with Nibiru?
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It was Euler also who demonstrated that within certain fixed limits the eccentricities and places of the aphelia of Saturn and Jupiter are subject to constant variation, and he calculated that after a lapse of about thirty thousand years the elements of the orbits of these two planets recover their original values.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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Periodical comets are evidently bodies which have each lived through a chapter of accidents, and a significant hint as to the nature of their adventures can be gathered from the fact that their aphelia are pretty closely grouped about the tracks of the major planets.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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Their aphelia -- or the farthest points of their orbits from the sun -- are usually, if not invariably, situated so near to the path either of
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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It is well known that those of moderately short periods are, for a reason already explained, connected with the larger planets in such a way that the cometary aphelia fall near some planetary orbit.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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The two last-named comets would likewise seem to have a period of revolution not exceeding five or six years, and their aphelia are in the vicinity of Jupiter's orbit.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Jupiter in aphelia in 2011, the strongest solar maximum per last 400 years - forecasted on 2011, 2012 even by official astronomers.
Universe Today Fraser Cain 2008
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