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    In astronomy, the ecliptic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system commonly used for representing the apparent positions, orbits, and pole...
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    along the ecliptic against the background of stars. The ecliptic is an important reference plane and is the basis of the ecliptic coordinate system. The ecliptic...
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    precession, causes a slow, continuous turning of the coordinate system westward about the poles of the ecliptic, completing one circuit in about 26,000 years...
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    Earth's orbit, called the ecliptic plane. There are two principal variants of the ecliptic coordinate system: geocentric ecliptic coordinates centered on...
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    Zodiac (category Astronomical coordinate systems)
    The zodiac forms a celestial coordinate system, or more specifically an ecliptic coordinate system, which takes the ecliptic as the origin of latitude and...
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    Position of the Sun (category Dynamics of the Solar System)
    position in the ecliptic coordinate system, convert to the equatorial coordinate system, and convert to the horizontal coordinate system, for the observer's...
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    In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system is a coordinate system for three-dimensional space where the position of a given point in space is specified...
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    The galactic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center, the primary direction aligned with...
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  • Cartesian triad. Astronomical coordinate system Ecliptic coordinate system Thompson, W. T. (April 2006). "Coordinate systems for solar image data". Astronomy...
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    The horizontal coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system that uses the observer's local horizon as the fundamental plane to define two angles...
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  • Cartesian coordinate system (x, y, z). The equatorial coordinate system uses the celestial equator. The ecliptic coordinate system uses the ecliptic. The galactic...
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    Celestial sphere (category Astronomical coordinate systems)
    ascension and declination. The ecliptic coordinate system specifies positions relative to the ecliptic (Earth's orbit), using ecliptic longitude and latitude...
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    straddle the celestial equator. The Twenty-Eight Mansions form an ecliptic coordinate system used for those stars visible (from China) but not during the whole...
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    The supergalactic coordinate system is a reference frame for the supercluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way galaxy, referenced to a local relatively...
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    the ecliptic, or the Milky Way's galactic equator. These 3D celestial coordinate systems add actual distance as the Z axis to the equatorial, ecliptic, and...
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    A planetary coordinate system (also referred to as planetographic, planetodetic, or planetocentric) is a generalization of the geographic, geodetic, and...
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  • essential dignities of a planet. Triplicity rulerships (using the "Dorothean system") are as follows: * (Ptolemy later modified the rulerships of Water triplicity...
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  • measuring system used here. For example, "26 Taurus 10" means 26 degrees 10 minutes of the tropical sign Taurus. See ecliptic coordinate system for further...
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  • 18535/ijahm/v7i6.14. Roy, Raja Ram Mohan (2019-07-01). "Sidereal Ecliptic Coordinate System of Sūryasiddhānta". Indian Journal of History of Science. 54 (2)...
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  • equator because of the axial tilt of the Earth. ecliptic coordinate system An astronomical coordinate system commonly used to specify the apparent positions...
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    between coordinate systems on the celestial sphere, such as the transformation from the ecliptic coordinate system to the equatorial coordinate system. He...
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    between coordinate systems on the celestial sphere, such as the transformation from the ecliptic coordinate system to the equatorial coordinate system. The...
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    Orbital pole (redirect from Ecliptic pole)
    galactic coordinates of the North ecliptic pole can be calculated as ℓ = 96.38°, b = 29.81° (see celestial coordinate system). Celestial pole Polar alignment...
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    have been used in astronomy: in the ecliptic coordinate system as latitude (β) and longitude (λ); in the horizon system as altitude (Alt) and azimuth (Az);...
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    color does not vary significantly across the surface. In the ecliptic coordinate system, the pole of rotation is estimated to be oriented to the coordinates...
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    respectively. Deep space satellites use other Celestial coordinate system, like the Ecliptic coordinate system. If the goal is to keep the shuttle during its orbits...
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    event, defined only when using either an equatorial or an ecliptic celestial coordinate system, in which any two astronomical objects (e.g. asteroids, moons...
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    regular satellites of other planets in that its orbit is closer to the ecliptic plane instead of its primary's (in this case, Earth's) equatorial plane...
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  • expressed, in equatorial form or ecliptic form.) The equinox with equator/ecliptic of a given date defines which coordinate system is used. Most standard coordinates...
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  • Equinox (celestial coordinates) (category Astronomical coordinate systems)
    Sun's ascending node is used as the conventional origin of celestial coordinate systems and referred to simply as "the equinox". In contrast to the common...
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