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Aphelion

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Word	Definition
perihelionnoun	(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.

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Word	Definition
perihelionnoun	(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.
apsisnoun	(astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
apocenternoun	(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apogeenoun	(figuratively) The highest point.
apastronnoun	(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apohermnoun	(astronomy) In an orbit around the planet Mercury, the point that is most distant from Mercury.
apocentrenoun	Alternative form of apocenter. [(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)]
apexnoun	The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
apoastronnoun	(astronomy) Alternative form of apastron. [(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.]
apobaryonnoun	(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to the center of mass of the system.
periheliumnoun	(astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of perihelion.
apocynthionnoun	(astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
apogalacticonnoun	(astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is furthest from the centre of its local galaxy
apoapsisnoun	(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
antapexnoun	(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
periastronnoun	(astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the body is orbiting.
apolunenoun	(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
apse linenoun	(astronomy) An imaginary line defined by an orbit's eccentricity vector. For such orbits the apse line is found: for elliptical orbits – between the orbit's periapsis and apoapsis (also known as the major axis) for parabolic and hyperbolic orbits – between the orbit's periapsis and focus.
apapsisnoun	Alternative form of apoapsis. [(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.]
ascending nodenoun	(astronomy) The point in an orbit at which a body passes the ecliptic plane going north.