parhelion

Another WeirdNet infinite loop, defining this is terms of a parhelic circle and parhelic in terms of a perhelion.

"I've played the unraveler, the parhelion,
But even Apocalypse is fleeting."
-"The Past Is a Grotesque Animal," Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

I wasn't really confused, just not paying close enough attention. ;-) But thanks for clearing things up all the same.

Reseetee, well, you shouldn't be. It's simple, really; while I had promised to not correct my misspelling for the word-that-is-the-opposite-of-perihelion, it appears that I had already corrected it auto-magically and had forgotten about it. Something Pavlovian, I would presume, in hitting the edit button.

I have now gone back on my promise, re-re-editted the spelling to show the right misspelling, and have brought peace, prosperity and much tranquility to this thread. If you haven't been confused even more, that is.

Well, I'm thorougly confused. ;-)

That it is. Yes.

This e-only dyslexia (e-slexia ?), it keeps popping up when you least expect it, doesn't it.

(I'll leave my misspelling in tact to let folks know what we're talking about.)

Isn't it aphelion? :-)

This is not the same as perihelion, which in turn, is the opposite of apehelion, both of which can be generically called an apsis.

None of which is related, but heck.

See sun dog and weathergaw.