ECLIPTIC

ēklĭpˈtĭk, ĭ–, the great circle on the celestial sphere that lies in the plane of the earth's orbit (called the plane of the ecliptic). Because of the earth's yearly revolution around the sun, the sun appears to move in an annual journey through the heavens with the ecliptic as its path. The ecliptic is the principal axis in the ecliptic coordinate system. The two points at which the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator are the equinoxes. The obliquity of the ecliptic is the inclination of the plane of the ecliptic to the plane of the celestial equator, an angle of about 23 1 / 2°. The constellations through which the ecliptic passes are the constellations of the zodiac.

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books on: Ecliptic  - 659 results

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Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth-Century Egypt and Syria: The Illustrated Treatise of Najm Al-Dein Al-Meirsri
Book by Francois Charette; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Astrolabes--Egypt--History, Astrolabes--Syria--History, Quadrants (Astronomical Instruments)--Egypt--History, Quadrants (Astronomical Instruments)--Syria--History, Sundials--Egypt--History, Sundials--Syria--History
...64 2.4 The myrtle (a) and drum (b) ecliptic belts ............ 68 2.5 Northern and southern ecliptic belts in two projection scales 70 2...104 2.17 The rete with half-myrtle ecliptic on Najm al-Dins version . 107 2.18...
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Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy - Vol. 1
Book by Henry Norris Russell, Raymond Smith Dugan, John Quincy Stewart; Ginn, 1926
Subjects: Astronomy, Solar System
...Total, Annular, and Partial Eclipses Ecliptic Limits and the Number of Eclipses in...100. Lunar Ecliptic Limit 217...103. Solar Ecliptic Limits 222...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...parent meteor stream lies close to the ecliptic, and has been split into at least two...the equinoxes and the obliquity of the ecliptic. Andromeda abbr. And, gen. Andromedae...ranges from a circle for a star at the ecliptic pole, via a progressively flattened...
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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...the HORIZON, the EQUINOCTIAL, and the ECLIPTIC SYSTEMS. Each of these has 1 its...points where the equinoctial and the ecliptic the suns apparent path through the...sidereal clock, and chronograph. C THE ECLIPTIC SYSTEM a The Principal Circle...
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Three Copernican Treatises
Includes: The Commentariolus of Copernicus; The Letter against Werner; The Narratio Prima of Rheticus
Book by Edward Rosen; Columbia University Press, 1939
Subjects: Astronomy--Early Works To 1800, Werner, Johannes--1468-1528--De Motu Octavae Sphaerae
...The Change in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic 117...Apparent Deviation of the Planets from the Ecliptic 178...Igitur centro terrae in superficie eclipticae semper manente, hoc est in circumferentia...
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journal articles on: Ecliptic  - 28 results

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The Intrinsic Distribution and Selection Bias of Long-Period Cometary Orbits
Journal article by Peter E. Jupp, Peter T. Kim, Ja-Yong Koo, Paul Wiegert; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 98, 2003
...is sensible to use the (heliocentric) ecliptic coordinate system, which is indicated...direction lies in the intersection of the ecliptic plane (the plane of the earths orbit...orthogonal to the first and lies in the ecliptic plane. The third axis is perpendicular...
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Solar-Periodic Full Moon Effect in the Fourmilab RetroPsychoKinesis Project Experiment Data: An Exploratory Study
Journal article by Eckhard Etzold; The Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 69, 2005
Subjects: Gamblers--Psychological aspects, Gamblers--Research, Lunar phases--Psychological aspects, Lunar phases--Research, Moon--Phases, Moon--Psychological aspects, Moon--Research, Psychokinesis--Research
...of the moons position related to the ecliptic plane changes with its revolution around...Eclipses occur only if the moon crosses the ecliptic within a maximum deviation of 0.5degrees from the ecliptic plane. The moon travels along an orbit...
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Ern Malley and His Rivals
Journal article by Brian Lloyd; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 20, 2001
Subjects: Criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Modernism--Philosophy, Periodicals--Management
...Heyward referred to Malleys Darkening Ecliptic as `the most decisive piece of literary...238). This way of characterising the Ecliptic is important in two ways. First, it affirms...meanings. Another way of seeing the Ecliptic as criticism lies in exactly the opposite...
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"The Whole Moon Was Eaten": Southeast Asian Eclipse Calculation
Journal article by J.C. Eade, Lars Gislen; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: Astronomy--Analysis, Eclipses--Analysis, Southeast Asia--History
...eclipse, the point opposite to the sun on the ecliptic, the shadow centre (Rahu), is used instead...is inclined by about five degrees to the ecliptic. Consequently its orbit crosses the ecliptic in two points, the nodes (known to Southeast...
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Numerological Tradition in the Works of Jupiter Hammon
Journal article by Arlen Nydam; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: African American poets--Criticism and interpretation, African American poets--Works, Hammon, Jupiter--Criticism and interpretation, Hammon, Jupiter--Works, Numerology--Usage
...resulting from this tilt is called the ecliptic, observed by Heraclitus as simultaneously...reaches its lowest declination on the ecliptic--minus 23.5 degrees--at which time it...and with the 23.5 degree path of the ecliptic. Virtually every stanza quite explicitly...
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Quito Centre of the Ancient World: A Lone Researcher in the Ecuadorian Andes Has Uncovered Evidence of a Civilisation of Astronomers Who, as Far Back as 1500 BC, Were Capable of Calculating the Movement of the Sun with the Same Accuracy as the Latest Satellite Positioning Equipment
Magazine article by Mark Honigsbaum; Geographical, Vol. 74, September 2002
Subjects: Astronomy, Ancient--Research, Cobo, Cristobal--Research, Quito, Ecuador--Antiquities
...sites, all of which are either in line with or parallel to the ecliptic and solstice axes running through Catequilla, are the work...also found that Catequilla was perfectly aligned along the ecliptic axis with the Church of San Francisco in Quito, one of the...
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Avoiding Cosmic Catastrophe
Magazine article by Charles Frankel; The Futurist, Vol. 34, July 2000
Subjects: Asteroids--Safety and security measures, Comets--Safety and security measures
...opposed to asteroids, which are mostly clustered around the ecliptic (the "equatorial" plane of Earths course around the Sun). To...are needed to peer farther out into space, not only along the ecliptic but out to the celestial poles as well. Watching the Sky...
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Communications
Magazine article; Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Vol. 55, Summer-Fall 2006
...revolution of the moon; or the twelfth part of the solar year. 3. Year: the time of one apparent revolution of the sun around the ecliptic; or the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun. The cohesive that connects the three units of...
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How We Got Close-Up Photos of a Comet
Magazine article by Kathy Moyd; PSA Journal, Vol. 68, August 2002
...opportunity to follow the comet for the 20 minutes before closest approach. It went from being straight down (i.e. at the South Ecliptic Pole) to straight out, with most of the motion in the few minutes in the middle around closest approach. Since the field of...
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A THOUSAND WORDS Russell Crotty
Magazine article by Eileen Myles; Artforum International, Vol. 40, September 2001
Subjects: Art, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Crotty, Russell--Attitudes, Sky--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...just come over and hang out. The ideal viewing for any observatory in the northern hemisphere is facing south. So you get the ecliptic where all the planets travel. The moon. The scope is aligned with Polaris, the North Star; it counteracts the earths motion...
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THE 'Ecliptic' Is a Line
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 25, 2007
THE Ecliptic Is a Line. Byline: JONATHAN CAINER THE ecliptic is a line that astronomers mentally project onto a partof the sky near the zodiac constellations. The zodiac, depending on who youask, is either a set of star groups or a series of...
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Cosmic Timing's Way out; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 14, 2005
...RA) with the starting point - 0 hours. This was originally chosen at the vernal (spring) equinox, when the Sun crosses the Ecliptic, the line of travel of the planets around the Sun, as viewed from Earth, from the southern half of the sky into the northern...
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The Comet of Destiny 2007
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 10, 2007
...life before your eyes. Comet McNaught is making its grand dramatic appearance while passing through the sector of the tropical ecliptic that runs from 270-300 degrees. In plain English? Your sign! This is your comet. This is your year. And at the risk of bringing...
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Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 24, 2008
...agricultural productivity is under attack by, of all things, nature itself. We need a president who understands the obliquity of the ecliptic, the perturbations of sunspots and the cumulative effect they and atmospheric pollution have on the globe and our economy...
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WEEKEND: IS IT ALL IN THE STARS?; Millions of People Need a Daily Fix of Astrology to Get Them through the Day, Turning Star-Gazing into a Hugely Profitable Industry. Chief Feature Writer Jason Beattie (a Typical Pisces) Tries to Figure It Out
Newspaper article by Jason Beattie; The Birmingham Post (England), February 12, 2000
Subjects: Express
...then passed them on to other ancient civilisations. Most Western astrology relies on the tropical Zodiac which divides the ecliptic (the Suns annual path through the sky as seen from earth) into the same 12 sections beginning with the Aries Point - the Suns...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ecliptic  - 38 results

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Ecliptic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ECLIPTIC eklip tik, i , the great circle on the celestial...the plane of the earths orbit (called the plane of the ecliptic). Because of the earths yearly revolution around the sun...move in an annual journey through the heavens with the ecliptic as its path. The ecliptic is the principal axis in the...
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Ecliptic Coordinate System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ECLIPTIC COORDINATE SYSTEM an astronomical coordinate system in which the principal coordinate axis is the ecliptic , the apparent path of the sun through the heavens. The ecliptic poles are the two points at which a line perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic through...
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Obliquity of the Ecliptic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC see inclination . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Precession of the Equinoxes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...motion of the equinoxes along the ecliptic . This motion was first noted by Hipparchus...on the celestial sphere , while the ecliptic, which lies in the plane of the earths...intersections of the celestial equator and the ecliptic, thus move on the celestial sphere. Similarly...
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Node
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the earths orbit around the sun ( ecliptic ). Since the moons orbit has an...inclination of 5 9 to the plane of the ecliptic, there are two nodes in the moons...orbit crosses from south of the ecliptic plane to north of it is called the...
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