A‐phel″ion (?; 277), n.; pl.Aphelia (�). (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.