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the point where Earth gives the Sun the cold shoulder—right when summer arrives.
means The point in an orbit where a body is farthest from the Sun.
from From Greek apo- 'away from' and helios 'the Sun'—the same helios that lights up helium and heliotrope. It was forged by astronomers as a deliberate counterpart to perihelion ('near the Sun'), part of a tidy family of orbital terms (apogee, perigee) built on the idea of being either standoffish or cozy with whatever you're circling.
- northern irony
- Earth is farthest from Sun during July heat
- distance
- About 152 million kilometers from the Sun
- speed drop
- Earth orbits slowest at aphelion
- date
- Occurs in early July each year
- opposite
- Perihelion is the closest approach, in January
for instance
earth's aphelion — occurs around july 4 each year, about 152.1 million km from the sun
halley's comet aphelion — reaches aphelion beyond neptune's orbit, approximately 5.3 billion km from the sun