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uh-FEE-lee-uhn
noun
a planet's orbital position at which point it is furthest from the sun
1884Life: Its True GenesisThe actual amount of heat which the earth annually receives from the sun is in no way affected by the eccentricity of its orbit. It is a constant quantity, and only unequally distributed on the earth's surface, being neither increased nor diminished, as our winters occur in aphelion or perihelion. 2000Manifold TimeCornelius pointed to numbers. 'These figures show the asteroid's perihelion, aphelion, eccentricity.'2002Retief!Then there are the tides; half the continent would be inundated twice a year when our satellite is at aphelion…Labels: Keith Laumer, R. W. Wright, Stephen Baxter
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