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- ...of the planet tilted just over 90 degrees with respect to the poles of the ecliptic (the plane of the planet's revolution about the Sun). Thus the rotational a8 KB (1,202 words) - 08:50, 10 January 2021
- ...eriod of 18.61 years during Earth's orbit around the Sun. The plane of the ecliptic in turn is itself about 23 degrees from the plane of the Earth's equator.<r18 KB (2,977 words) - 10:50, 22 February 2023
- ...apparent motion of the Sun as seen from Earth; it introduces concepts as [[ecliptic]], winter/summer [[solstice]] and vernal/autumnal [[equinox]]. When the a ...ual orbit, whereas in reality it makes a constant angle with the invariant ecliptic. Therefore, Copernicus had to introduce an extra conical yearly motion to23 KB (3,632 words) - 18:47, 8 April 2014
- ...Hipparchus discovered the equinoxes were not static, but move West on the ecliptic when compared to distant stars that relatively seem fixed at this distance.10 KB (1,472 words) - 08:34, 8 June 2009
- ...ii]], and about [[Tau Sagittarii|3.5 degrees south]] of the [[plane of the ecliptic]]. [[Tau Sagittarii]] is the closest easily visible star.12 KB (1,817 words) - 22:07, 30 April 2013
- ...rn] is surrounded by a thin, flat, ring, nowhere touching, inclined to the ecliptic." <ref>http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/back.html</ref> ...akes approximately 29 and a half years to make a complete circuit of the [[ecliptic]] against the background constellations of the [[zodiac]]. Optical aid (a l23 KB (3,601 words) - 18:46, 13 January 2021
- ...]] claim that the position of the planets within various sections of the [[ecliptic]] can be an indicator of events on Earth. By carefully measuring the orbits12 KB (1,829 words) - 10:07, 10 January 2021
- ...plane parallel to that of Earth's orbit. The planets are very close to the ecliptic while [[comet]]s and [[kuiper belt]] objects are usually at significantly g ...ts the Sun on its side; its [[axial tilt]] is over ninety degrees to the [[ecliptic]]. It has a much colder core than the other gas giants, and radiates very l76 KB (11,605 words) - 21:48, 1 September 2020
- ...is that this refers to a motion along the ecliptic or a description of the ecliptic with regard to twelve 30 degree signs which is connected with the zodiacal51 KB (8,075 words) - 05:28, 17 October 2013
- ...esearch]] (NCAR) </ref> Galileo's geometric military compass, and Kepler's ecliptic instrument. Galileo not only had to adapt the telescope to astronomy, he al23 KB (3,546 words) - 19:39, 25 September 2020
- ...top) and from the ascending node (below). The segments of orbits below the ecliptic are plotted in darker colours. The [[perihelion|perihelia]] (q) and [[aphe44 KB (6,986 words) - 09:16, 6 March 2024
- ...mico, Tycho's quadrant, Galileo's geometric military compass, and Kepler's ecliptic instrument. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, it was unclear h24 KB (3,868 words) - 19:44, 27 March 2008
- ...inclination of Earth's [[equator|equatorial plane]] and the plane of the [[ecliptic]] relative to the galactic plane. The fact that the Milky Way divides the n37 KB (5,756 words) - 13:14, 10 January 2021
- [[axial tilt|obliquity]] of the [[ecliptic]] was estimated as early as 1,000 B.C by the Chinese. The Chaldeans discove46 KB (6,796 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024