NODE, (1) in astronomy, the two points in which the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being called the ascending node, and the other the descending... The Elements of the Theory of Astronomy - Page 48by John Hymers - 1840 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Gummere - Astronomy - 1842 - 516 pages
...moon or a planet is cut by the plane of the ecliptic, are called nodes. That node in which the body is, when passing from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other, the descending node. The nodes are frequently designated... | |
| John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1854 - 484 pages
...moon or a planet is cut by the plane of the ecliptic, are called nodes. That node in which the body is, when passing from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the descending node. The nodes are frequently designated... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1904 - 1002 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 1064 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1919 - 1022 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the. ecliptic...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined... | |
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