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ecliptic
has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
Examples "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Also , planetary gravitational_attraction increases the dust concentration near the plane of the ecliptic as the sun is approached . From the brightness of the F component of the solar corona and the brightness of the zodiacal_light , an estimate of the particle sizes , concentrations , and spatial distribution can be derived for regions of space near the ecliptic plane . Related terms |
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