Antonyms of noun aphelion

1 sense of aphelion

Sense 1
aphelion -- (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)
       Antonym of perihelion (Sense 1)
      => perihelion -- (periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aphelion

1 sense of aphelion

Sense 1
aphelion -- (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)
       => apoapsis, point of apoapsis -- ((astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited)