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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aphelion 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}]
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