aphelion

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin aphēlium (whence English aphelium, now displaced) + -ion (used in the names of other apsides). Aphelium was formed from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)), modelled after New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”). The plural form aphelia is from aphelion + -a (plural form of the suffix -on). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/, /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ən/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfi.li.ən/, /əˈfil.jən/, /æpˈhi.li.ən/, /æpˈhil.jən/ Hyphenation: ap‧hel‧i‧on Homophone: Ophelian (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -iːliən === Noun === aphelion (plural aphelia or (deprecated) aphelions) (astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun. Antonym: perihelion ==== Hypernyms ==== apoapsis apogee apside apsis ==== Related terms ==== parhelion See also apoapsis ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === apsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Ophelian