descending node

Other forms: descending nodes

Definitions of descending node
  1. noun
    the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
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    antonyms:
    ascending node
    the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north
    type of:
    node
    (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
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