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Definition of Aphelia
1. Noun. The point in the orbit of a celestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphelia
1. aphelion [n] - See also: aphelion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphelia
Literary usage of Aphelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete System of Astronomy by Samuel Vince, Nicolas Louis de La Caille, Tobias Mayer, Franz Xaver Zach, James Bradley (1814)
"ON THE MOTION OF THE aphelia OF THE ORBITS OF THE PLANETS. Art. 27O. HAVING explained
in the last Chapter the methods of finding the place of the aphelia of ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"which approach most nearly to one, and live in their aphelia and perihelia
respectively. The two independent results were as follows:— )"rt)QA i G3'846 f ..."
3. Biographical Memoirs V.83: August 7, 1917-April 12, 1998 by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1902)
"In regard to the distribution of the aphelia, he shows that, except so far as
modified by the perturbations due to the planets, the theory of internal ..."
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