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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4944. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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Either of the points at which an orbit intersects a reference plane. On the celestial sphere, a node is either of the points at which the great circle representing the orbital plane intersects the great circle corresponding to the reference plane (usually the ecliptic or the celestial equator). In the context of planetary motion, the reference plane is the ecliptic. The point at which the orbitin...

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