solar apex

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noun Astronomy.

the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.

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Origin of solar apex

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby solar apex

solander, solanine, solanum, solar, solar activity, solar apex, solar battery, solar cell, solar cells, solar chariot, solar cheilitis

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How to use solar apex in a sentence

The service module also deploys four arrays of solar panels.
To Infinity and Beyond! NASA’s Orion Mission Blasts Off|Matthew R. Francis|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so there has been a boom in placing solar fields on top of landfills.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In essence, they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the end of October, the first landfill solar field in New York State was completed.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no reason to suppose that his is the only Solar System: there may be many millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
For aught we know, there may be millions of systems, each containing millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It would require some hours before he attained to the outer limit of the solar system.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
We shall therefore now turn to a description of the portion of the starry world which is found in the limits of our solar system.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

British Dictionary definitions for solar apex

solar apex

noun

another name for apex (def. 4)

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