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What is aphehilion?

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 ∙ 11y ago
Updated: 4/28/2022

The apehelion is the point in a planet's revolution around the sun where said planet is at its furthest distance from the sun. This happens because the route of planets around the sun is an elipse, rather than a circle.

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