远日点

远日点
yuǎndiǎn

aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun

    • The Earth is farthest from the Sun when it is at aphelion.

  2. noun

    opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点[jin4 ri4 dian3]

    • The Earth is farthest from the Sun at aphelion.

  3. noun

    higher apsis

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Walking forever back to a distant ancestral source—that is separation.

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