Definition of Aphelian

1. aphelion [adj] - See also: aphelion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphelian

aphanite
aphanites
aphanitic
aphantic
aphasia
aphasiac
aphasiacs
aphasias
aphasic
aphasics
aphasiologist
aphasiology
aphasmid
aphasy
aphelian (current term)
aphelias
aphelions
apheliotropic
apheliotropism
aphemesthesia
aphemia
aphemias
aphemic
aphenphosmphobia
aphephobia
aphereses
apheresis
apheretic

Literary usage of Aphelian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"... than it is during its aphelian,) its velocity is increased in proportion to the decrease of the square of its distance. It is this increased angular ..."

2. Astronomical Register (1885)
"... which is now well known to be connected with the November meteoroids ; and its aphelian distance is a very little greater than the distance of Uranus. ..."

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