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ecliptic

DEFINITIONS OF: ecliptic

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n 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

“all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic”
Type of:
great circle
a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
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