Associations to the word «Aphelion»

Wiktionary

APHELION, noun. (astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the sun.

Dictionary definition

APHELION, noun. Apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope