The aphelion is the point where an object in orbit around the Sun is furthest from the Sun.
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Aphelion
//əˈfiː.lɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "aphelion" (17 found)
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Related words (8)
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Translations
34 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَوْج noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Basque
1 entries- afelio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Belarusian
1 entries- афе́лій noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Catalan
1 entries- afeli noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遠日點 /远日点 noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Czech
1 entries- afélium noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Dutch
1 entries- aphelium noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Esperanto
1 entries- afelio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Finnish
1 entries- apheli noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
French
1 entries- aphélie noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Galician
1 entries- afelio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
German
1 entries- Aphel noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Greek
1 entries- αφήλιο noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Icelandic
1 entries- sólfirð noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Irish
3 entries- aiféilean noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
- apaihéilean noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
- cianphointe ó ghrian noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Italian
1 entries- afelio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Japanese
1 entries- 遠日点 noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Korean
1 entries- 원일점 noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Macedonian
1 entries- а́фел noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Persian
1 entries- اوج خورشیدی noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Polish
1 entries- aphelium noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Portuguese
2 entries- afélia noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
- afélio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Russian
1 entries- афе́лий noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- afel noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
- афел noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Spanish
1 entries- afelio noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Swedish
1 entries- aphelium noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Tagalog
1 entries- higlayo sa Adlaw noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Ukrainian
1 entries- афе́лій noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điểm viễn nhật noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Welsh
1 entries- affelion noun (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Mars is approaching aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun.
Source: tatoeba (10102777)
[I]t follows from the theory of gravity, that the aphelia of Mercury, Venus, the Earth, and Mars, slightly progress.
Source: wiktionary
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