Ecliptic Mnemonic
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ecliptic
ecliptic
/ɪˈklɪp.tɪk/
Examples
- The circle of the sun was the ecliptic.
- He discovered the technique of 'the reduction of the ecliptic'.
- The ascending node is where the moon crosses to the north of the ecliptic.
- Attempts have been made by Laplace and his successors to fix certain limits within which the obliquity of the ecliptic shall always be confined.
- Is the comet on the ecliptic, or is it not.
- Ecliptic latitude and longitude.
- It is part of the ecliptic system.
- The ecliptic is the path of the sun.
- The 13 astronomical constellations of the ecliptic.
- The celestial equator and ecliptic are indicated.
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
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"Egg + Clip + Tick. Imagine an egg clipped to a path where ticks tick like a clock, tracing the sun's journey across the sky."
"Eagle + Cryptic. The eagle's flight path hides mysterious secrets."
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