Words and phrases that have a meaning related to ecliptic: (145 results)
Often used in the same context:
canis minor, celestial equator, celestial sphere, galactic equator, zodiacal light, capricornus, photosphere, perihelion, ellipse, equinoxes, solstices, asterism, prograde, omega centauri, earthshine, aphelion, occulted, pleiades, moonlet, nebulosity, equator, sidereal, occultation, eclipsing binary, canis major, scorpius, milky way galaxy, oort cloud, radial velocity, sunward, heliopause, epsilon aurigae, hyades, triangulum, chromosphere, perigee, extragalactic, puppis, gibbous, saturnian, corona borealis, arcsecond, equinox, latitudinal, orbits, andromeda galaxy, lagrangian, auroral, annularity, jovian, eridanus, longitudes, syrtis major, perpendicularly, equilateral triangle, umbra, airglow, azimuthal, mesosphere, periodicities, isosceles triangle, collimated, photometry, prime meridian, annular eclipse, ophiuchus, sextile, magnetic flux, midheaven, monoceros, gravitational interaction, zodiacal, protostar, coma berenices, intertropical convergence zone, uranian, unpolarized, cepheus, anticyclonic, vernal equinox, tarantula nebula, ellipsoid, obscuration, aurigae, perseids, themis, sunspots, corot, luminosities, nebula, algol, meteor shower, antiparallel, arcturus, muons, betelgeuse, cirrus cloud, centroid, redshift, obliquity, planets, prominences, zodiac, longitude, parallax, tabernacle, abundances, altitude, altitudes, ark, ascension, cosmos, cost, declination, depth, diameter, dividend, gravitation, height, zenith, geocentric, oesophagus, conic, foetus, larynx, abscissa, azimuth, equatorial, fiducial, geodetic, nodal, axis, deg, equinoctial
Appears in the definition of:
ascending node, descending node, equinoctial point, equinox, gemini, inclination, inclination of an orbit, precession of the equinoxes, zodiac, zodiacal light
More general:
Also try:great circle
— Nouns for ecliptic: plane, pole, limits, coordinates, circle, longitude, limit, system, latitude, poles, crosses, more...
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