aphelion

English

Etymology

Greek form of Latin aphelium, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (modelled after apogaeum). Compare perihelion.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/, /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ən/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈfiː.li.ən, -ˈfil.jən/, /æpˈhiː.li.ən, -ˈhil.jən/
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Noun

aphelion (plural aphelia or (deprecated) aphelions)

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

Antonyms

perihelion

Related terms

see apoapsis

Translations

the point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun

Arabic: أَوْج‎ m (ʾawj)
Basque: afelio
Catalan: afeli m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遠日點／远日点 (zh) (yuǎnrìdiǎn)
Czech: afélium n
Dutch: aphelium (nl) n
Esperanto: afelio (eo)
Finnish: apheli (fi)
French: aphélie (fr) m
Galician: afelio (gl) m
German: Aphel (de) n
Greek: αφήλιο (el) n (afílio)
Icelandic: sólfirð f
Irish: apaihéilean m, aiféilean m, cianphointe ó ghrian m
Italian: afelio (it) m
Japanese: 遠日点 (えんじつてん, enjitsuten)
Korean: 원일점(遠日點) (ko) (woniljeom)
Persian: اوج خورشیدی‎ (fa) (owj-e-xoršīdī)
Polish: aphelium (pl) n
Portuguese: afélio (pt) m, afélia f
Russian: афе́лий (ru) m (afélij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: афел m

Roman: afel (sh) m
Spanish: afelio (es) m
Swedish: aphelium (sv) n
Tagalog: higlayo sa Adlaw
Vietnamese: điểm viễn nhật (點遠日)

Anagrams

Ophelian

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