The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun. From the perspective of an observer on Earth, the Sun's movement around the...
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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 orientations...
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Coma Ecliptic is the seventh studio album by American progressive metalcore band Between the Buried and Me, released on July 10, 2015 through Metal Blade...
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Orbital pole (redirect from Ecliptic pole)
of Earth's orbit are referred to as the ecliptic poles. For the remaining planets, the orbital pole in ecliptic coordinates is given by the longitude of...
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Year (redirect from Ecliptic year)
as the period of time for the mean ecliptic longitude of the Sun to increase by 360 degrees. Since the Sun's ecliptic longitude is measured with respect...
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The Golden Gate of the Ecliptic is an asterism in the constellation Taurus that has been known for several thousand years. The constellation is built by...
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approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course...
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Axial precession (redirect from Precession of the ecliptic)
moved westward along the ecliptic relative to the fixed stars, opposite to the yearly motion of the Sun along the ecliptic. Historically, the discovery...
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Solstice (redirect from Ecliptic peak)
orbital plane (the plane of the ecliptic) but currently makes an angle of about 23.44° (called the obliquity of the ecliptic), and because the axis keeps...
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Axis of evil (cosmology) (redirect from Ecliptic alignment anisotropy of the CMB)
The motion of the solar system and the orientation of the plane of the ecliptic are aligned with features of the microwave sky, which appear to be caused...
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orbit of the Moon intersects the ecliptic. The ascending (or north) node is where the Moon moves into the northern ecliptic hemisphere, while the descending...
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zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius. It spans 210–240° ecliptic longitude. Under the tropical zodiac (most commonly used in Western astrology)...
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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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thirteen) ancient constellations belong to the zodiac (straddling the ecliptic, which the Sun, Moon, and planets all traverse). The origins of the zodiac...
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aspects are measured by the angular distance in degrees and minutes of ecliptic longitude between two points. According to astrological tradition, they...
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Axial tilt (redirect from Obliquity of the ecliptic)
known as the ecliptic plane, and Earth's tilt is known to astronomers as the obliquity of the ecliptic, being the angle between the ecliptic and the celestial...
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Ern Malley hoax (redirect from The Darkening Ecliptic)
page and intended to be read in sequence under the title The Darkening Ecliptic - was written in a single afternoon. The works submitted captured, they...
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Ancient Indian astronomy, there are 27 nakshatras , or sectors along the ecliptic. A list of them is first found in the Vedanga Jyotisha, a text dated to...
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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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Marina Towers Observatory (redirect from Tower of the Ecliptic)
Towers Observatory (also known as the Swansea Observatory and Tower of the Ecliptic) is located in the Maritime Quarter of Swansea, on the coast of southern...
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Specifically, the division of the ecliptic in twelve equal sectors is a Babylonian conceptual construction. This division of the ecliptic originated in the Babylonian...
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Washington DC: US Naval Observatory. Longitude of Sun, apparent geocentric ecliptic of date, interpolated to find time of crossing 0°, 30°.... Wikimedia Commons...
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Position of the Sun (section Ecliptic coordinates)
fixed stars on the celestial sphere, along a circular path called the ecliptic. Earth's rotation about its axis causes diurnal motion, so that the Sun...
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are made directly on the ecliptic, or on the celestial equator or some other great circle, before being projected on the ecliptic. If time is the basis for...
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was in the constellation Cancer (Latin: Crab) at the June solstice (90° ecliptic longitude). Due to the precession of the equinoxes, this is no longer the...
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astronomy constellations List of Nakshatras – sectors along the Moon's ecliptic IAU designated constellations by area – a list of constellations ranked...
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Equation of time (section Obliquity of the ecliptic)
apparent daily motion of the Sun relative to the stars: the obliquity of the ecliptic (the plane of the Earth's annual orbital motion around the Sun), which...
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Resident Evil Zero (redirect from Ecliptic Express)
July 23, 1998, a train owned by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella, the Ecliptic Express, comes under attack from a swarm of leeches. As the passengers...
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Near-equatorial orbit (redirect from Ecliptic orbit)
equatorial reference plane. If the plane of reference is the ecliptic plane, they are called an ecliptic orbit. As non-inclined orbits lack nodes, the ascending...
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Pisces (character) (redirect from Pisces (Ecliptic))
personality based on the Pisces sign and claims to have prophetic dreams. Ecliptic's Pisces possesses the ability to transform into water and is always in...
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